https://www.why-did-it.fail/tags/github/Recent content in github on Why did IT failHugo -- gohugo.ioenCopyright © 2026 Dominik Textoris (formerly Zorgnotti). All Rights Reserved.Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2021-02-set-esxi-release-names-with-tags/Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2021-02-set-esxi-release-names-with-tags/Update [2022-10-17] The VMware APIs for the KnowledgeBase have introduced a breaking change. This means the releases can no longer be updated without further development. Update [2021-03-09] The repository has been renamed to VMware-vSphere-Release-Tagging as the future scope should include the vCenter as well. Thank you for all the feedback! In this blog post I want to show you a practial application for the automation that I have built in my last project:https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2021-01-vmware-releases-python/Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2021-01-vmware-releases-python/Update [2022-10-17] The VMware APIs for the KnowledgeBase have introduced a breaking change. This means the releases can no longer be updated without further development. I started a project with the goal to re-format VMware product release information in a way that can be used in automation and scripting. These days, even Excel can handle JSON. When searching for new projects I often need some external trigger to take the first step.https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2019-08-kubectl-lsdeploy/Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.why-did-it.fail/blog/2019-08-kubectl-lsdeploy/I started looking a bit into Kubernetes and for no other reason than curiosity I wanted to visualize some dependencies to get a better understanding on how things work, e.g. where my container (pods) actually spawn when I apply one of these nice YAML files with a deployment. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find a get command within kubectl that showed my all the information in a single call, except if you heavily use labels and selectors.