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Add an Entry to ESXi /etc/hosts using PowerShell

January 5, 2017 Hersey 2 Comments esxi, file, hosts, Invoke-WebRequest, powershell

I was looking for away to easily add an entry to an ESXi host’s /etc/hosts file without using SSH to connect to the host. ESXi has a file management interface which can be accessed with standard GET/PUT operations. I put together a quick example of doing this with PowerShell using Invoke-WebRequest.

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AutoLab Video Series Part 3 – Building the DC and Hosts

May 11, 2014 Hersey 13 Comments autolab, domain controller, esxi, hosts, vmware

This video covers building the Domain Controller (DC) and ESXi hosts using the AutoLab automation. The Domain Controller provides the Active Directory infrastructure, the PXE boot infrastructure, the DNS services, and the database services for the AutoLab environment. The hosts will become the ESXi servers for the AutoLab environment.