Dineshreddy Kayithi

Rooted in a solid academic foundation with a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, my career has been deeply entrenched in designing, deploying, and managing enterprise-grade infrastructure across virtualization, cloud-native, and containerized environments. Industry certifications from VMware, AWS, Microsoft, and Kubernetes validate my hands-on expertise in architecting scalable, resilient systems spanning hypervisors, public/hybrid cloud platforms, and container orchestration frameworks. I'm driven by a relentless pursuit of emerging technologies — translating them into production-ready solutions that solve complex operational challenges.

Canary Deployments on OpenShift with GitOps: A Practical Walkthrough

Shipping a new version of an application is always a small act of faith. Even with tests passing and a…

2 weeks ago

OpenShift VM Backup and Restore

The following steps demonstrate how to back up and restore an OpenShift virtual machine using OADP and RustFS as an…

2 months ago

Red Hat OpenShift VM Micro-segmentation Using MultiNetworkPolicy

OpenShift Virtualization allows virtual machines (VMs) to run natively on Kubernetes alongside container workloads. Using Multus CNI, VMs can attach…

4 months ago

Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO)

Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO) provides the foundation to build a private or public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud on top…

4 months ago

Kubernetes Cluster Deployment

Kubernetes (often shortened to “K8s”) is an open-source system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It…

4 months ago

Ceph cluster on a single machine

Ceph is an open-source, distributed storage platform that provides object, block, and file storage in a single system. It’s highly…

4 months ago

vSphere to OpenShift VM Migration

Prerequisites Red Hat OpenShift cluster deployed and operational You can refer to my earlier post on how to deploy and…

5 months ago

Installing OpenShift 4.21 in an air-gapped on-premises/BareMetal environment using Agent-based deployment

Agent-Based Installation The Agent-based installation method provides the flexibility to boot your on-premise servers in any way that you choose.…

7 months ago

OpenShift Virtualization Configuration, Secondary VM Network Setup, and Live Migration configuration

You can check the earlier post regarding cluster setup and ODF setup https://kdinesh.in/deployment-of-openshift-4-20-with-using-the-assistant-installer/ https://kdinesh.in/openshiftodf/ Login to OpenShift, Software catalog, search…

8 months ago

OpenShift Install OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) using Multus network Isolation

You can check the earlier post regarding cluster setup https://kdinesh.in/deployment-of-openshift-4-20-with-using-the-assistant-installer/ 1.Install nm state operator 2. Install ODF operator 3. Configure…

8 months ago

Deployment of OpenShift 4.20 with using the Assistant Installer

OpenShift supports multiple deployment methods, including UPI, IPI, and the Assisted Installer. Previously, if you wanted to deploy OpenShift using…

8 months ago

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM) Deployment and Configuration

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager based on oVirt, which is a free, open-source virtualization solution. Engine The workhorse of Oracle Linux…

9 months ago

Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) Deploy on Azure Local(Azure HCi)

You may refer to my earlier post – how to deploy Azure locally on vSphere. https://kdinesh.in/implementing-the-virtual-azure-local-azure-hci-on-the-vsphere-platform First Create a logical…

9 months ago

Implementing the Virtual Azure Local (Azure HCI) on the vSphere platform

Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI) is Microsoft’s hyperconverged infrastructure solution that brings Azure services into your datacenter, combining local compute…

9 months ago

Creating and Deleting Multiple VM Snapshots in vSphere with PowerCLI.

While VM snapshots can be created using the vSphere UI or other methods, manually taking multiple snapshots can be quite…

2 years ago

Updating the VMware Tools Package/VIB on ESXi Host

ESXi installations usually come with VMware Tools pre-installed. While updating or upgrading vSphere on an ESXi host, VMware Tools may…

2 years ago

Creating and testing a Windows(Windows Server 2022) cloud image for the OpenStack cloud.

There are several techniques and tools available for creating cloud images. I choose Virt Manager because of its rich feature…

2 years ago

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift)

The OpenStack Object Store project, known as Swift, offers cloud storage software that allows you to store and retrieve large…

2 years ago

Deploying the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Enterprise (Anthos) on VMware vSphere

GKE Enterprise A fleet is a logical grouping of Kubernetes clusters that can be managed collectively. GKE Enterprise capabilities are…

2 years ago

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Cluster Backup and Restore Using a Velero Tool

You cal also check my old Post - How to deploy a Azure AKS Cluster. https://kdinesh.in/aks Velero: - Velero (formerly…

2 years ago

Deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Cluster.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a Kubernetes service managed by Azure that enables fast deployment and management of clusters. AKS…

2 years ago

Deploying Kubernetes Cluster on vSphere using Rancher

Rancher Rancher is a container management platform built for organisations deploying production containers. Rancher makes it easy to run Kubernetes…

3 years ago

RedHat OpenShift (OCP) Cluster Setup on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud

You can also view my earlier posts: OpenShift Deploy on vSphere – https://kdinesh.in/ocp/ & https://kdinesh.in/ocpova/ OpenShift Deploy on OpenStack –…

3 years ago

RedHat OpenShift (OCP) Deploying on vSphere Using an OVA.<br>

Check my earlier postings.: - OpenShift Deploying on any platform Using a UPI method - https://kdinesh.in/openshift/ OpenShift Deploying on vSphere…

3 years ago

RedHat OpenShift 4.14/4.13 Deploy on OpenStack Cloud using Heat Stack.

Check out my earlier posts – Deploying an OpenStack Single node. - https://kdinesh.in/blob-aio/ Deploying Openstack Multi-node with External Ceph Storage…

3 years ago

OpenStack Bobcat Single Node Deployment

Requirements: - OS - Centos9 Network – Two Interfaces, first NIC for management and second NIC used for cloud network…

3 years ago

OpenStack Deploy Using Minio (s3 Compatible Object storage) as Cinder Backup Driver and Testing the Cinder Volume Backup and Restore.

You can check my old posts: How to deploy OpenStack HA cluster using Ceph storage. https://kdinesh.in/openstackhacluster/ How to deploy a…

3 years ago

MinIO Single Node Singe Disk Deployment on Linux (CentOS/RHEL or Ubuntu) Using a Script

A few days back, I posted a post about – how to deploy a minio single node on Linux and…

3 years ago

Overview of Performance and Optimization Options

NUMA :- In a Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) machine, all CPUs within the system access the shared memory at the same…

3 years ago

Kubernetes Applications Backup and Restoration using Velero and MinIO

You can check MinIO deployment - https://kdinesh.in/minio/ Velero: - Velero is an open-source tool to safely backup and restore, perform…

3 years ago

MinIO Single-Node Single-Drive Deployment

MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object store. It is built for large-scale AI/ML, data lake and database workloads. It is…

3 years ago

RedHat OpenShift 4.14 Cluster Deployment on vSphere using Ansible Automation Controller/Ansible Tower

OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) is a platform for developing and running containerized applications. It is designed to allow applications and…

3 years ago

Deploy a Kubernetes Single node Using the CRI-O Container Runtime.

Prerequisite - Curl and Internet access. Deployment – Clone k8ssinglenode.sh file from git – https://github.com/Dineshk1205/k8ssinglenode Supported OS – Redhat/CentOS Assign…

3 years ago

Simple CI/CD on OpenStack Cloud Environment Using RedHat Ansible Automation Platform, Git-Lab CE and Webhooks

RedHat Ansible Automation platform :- This is the enterprise Ansible tower from REDHAT. You can also use the AWX tool…

3 years ago

Standalone RedHat Ansible Automation Controller Deployment on RedHat 9.2

Ansible Automation Controller: - The control plane for the Ansible Automation Platform is the automation controller (replacing Ansible Tower). It…

3 years ago

vRealize Aria Automation (formerly vRealize Automation) Database as a service (Without internet connectivity) using Red hat Ansible Tower, Git Lab and HTTPD.

Deploying and configuring VRA 8 - https://kdinesh.in/vrealize-automationvra/ Deploying Ansible Tower - https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/quickinstall/ Deploy Redhat 9.2 VM on vSphere and convert…

3 years ago

OpenStack Cloud High Availability Cluster Deployment using Kolla Ansible & External Shared Ceph Storage

OpenStack is a collection of open-source tools. Different OpenStack cloud deployment methods are available. Kolla Ansible is one of the…

3 years ago

Deploying Ceph Storage Cluster using Cephadm

The Ceph Storage Cluster is the foundation for all Ceph deployments. Based upon RADOS, Ceph Storage Clusters consist of several…

3 years ago

OpenStack Cloud Single Node Deployment Using Koll-Ansible and Kubernetes Cluster Deployment using OpenStack Magnum

OpenStack is a collection of open-source tools. Different OpenStack cloud deployment methods are available. Kolla Ansible is one of the…

3 years ago

Deploying Kubernetes Cluster on vSphere using Kubeadm and Terraform

Deployment Perquisites: - vSphere Environment with sufficient resources – Memory, CPU, Storage. Static IPs with the Internet Template – Redhat/CentOS…

3 years ago

Jira Application Deployment on Tanzu Kubernetes with TLS and Ingress Controller

Keywords Overview: - helm - https://helm.sh/docs/topics/charts/ PV and PVC - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/ ConfigMaps: - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/configmap/ Secrets - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/ You can find…

3 years ago

Deploying OpenShift (OCP) Cluster on vSphere Using Terraform

Prerequisite for deployment:- DHCP Network and Two Static IPs For Each Cluster. DNS Records - Create API VIP and Ingress…

3 years ago

Creating Own Container Image and Pushing Container Image to local Private Registry -Harbor, and Deploying image on Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster

Generally, Container Images are provided by Application Vendors. Sometimes, we must build our container images, EX: hosting any website ...etc.…

3 years ago

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Clusters Deploying Using vRealize Automation (VRA)

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) is opensource VMware Kubernetes product. Officially in VMware vRealize Automation, we can deploy vSphere Tanzu Kubernetes…

4 years ago

Deploying Kubernetes(k8s) Single Node Cluster Using VMware vRealize Automation (VRA)8

Deployment Steps: - Create VM Template and Map Template to VRA Image Mapping: - In vSphere, create a VM, Install…

4 years ago

VMware NSX-T CI/CD Pipeline

The user will add a new NSX-T DFW configuration to GitLab Jenkins will Pull Configuration code from the GIT LAB…

4 years ago

VMware vRealize Automation (VRA) Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters(TKGS) as a Service

Configuring the Tanzu Kubernetes as a service in VRA, First, we need to deploy VMware Tanzu Supervisor Cluster. Deployment and…

4 years ago

Kubernetes Cluster installation on Linux-RedHat 8 using kubeadm

Kubernetes High Availability (HA) Cluster Deploying on REDHAT: - I used keepalive and HA proxy load balancer to deploy the…

4 years ago

VMware Telco Cloud Automation (TCA) Network Function Service Design, Onboarding, and instantiate

Please go through my previous posts - Basic Overview of Telco (PNFs, VNFs, CNFs) and VMware Telco Cloud Automation -…

4 years ago

VMware Telco Cloud Automation (TCA) Designing Sample CNF (Nginx and AVI ako operator),On-boarding and Instantiate CNF on Tanzu Workload Cluster using TCA

Please go through my previous posts - Basic Overview of Telco (PNFs, VNFs, CNFs) and VMware Telco Cloud Automation -…

4 years ago