Licensing Vcenter

• Followed Instructions provided in lab
• Once VMware academic account created, can be requested from: https://itacademy[.]vmware.com/catalog?pagename=Software-Licenses-Repository
• Go into vsphere >> administration >> licensing, apply vSphere license to exit host and venter license to vcenter

VSCODE // Powershell module setup

Please visit "code" to see the cloning powershell script

• Install Vscode from browser

• Setup module directory:

• In powershell within the newly created structure run: New-ModuleManifest -Path ./480-Utils.psd1 -Author 'ryanm292002' -CompanyName 'RyanM' -RootModule '480-Utils.psm1' -Description 'vSphere automation module for DevOps'

1. Create 480-utils module file touch 480-utils.psm1
2. in modules directory "PS /home/sa_ryan/SEC480/modules> code $profile", created new vs profile
3. in new profile run $env:PSModulePath = $env:PSModulePath + ":/home/sa_ryan/SEC480/modules>"
4. check module path was created: $env:PSModulePath
5. import-module '480-utils' -force