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OneFuse Terraform Provider with vSphere
OneFuse

OneFuse Terraform Provider with vSphere

Editor's note (2026): The methodology described in this post is what I now call Decisions as Code. Property Toolkit was the OneFuse implementation of the same idea. See "Decisions as Code" for the current framing. In previous articles, I covered using the OneFuse Foundations Modules (Naming,

Sid Smith Sid Smith 5 min read
OneFuse LDAP Troubleshooting
Knowledge Base

OneFuse LDAP Troubleshooting

In this article, we will go over troubleshooting LDAP in OneFuse. Considerations OneFuse will need to be installed/configured and LDAP should already be setup. Please refer to this article, Configure LDAP Authentication for OneFuse, on how to setup LDAP if that’s not completed. Troubleshooting SSH into the OneFuse

Sid Smith Sid Smith 4 min read
Terraform with OneFuse: OneFuse Terraform Module
Terraform

Terraform with OneFuse: OneFuse Terraform Module

Editor's note (2026): The methodology described in this post is what I now call Decisions as Code. Property Toolkit was the OneFuse implementation of the same idea. See "Decisions as Code" for the current framing. In my previous articles, we looked at consuming the OneFuse Modules

Sid Smith Sid Smith 4 min read
Configure LDAP Authentication for OneFuse
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Configure LDAP Authentication for OneFuse

This guide will go over how to configure LDAP Authentication for the OneFuse Platform via the command line. This is a temporary/backup solution until the LDAP Integration has been added to the OneFuse UI. Considerations * OneFuse supported versions: v1.2+ * *Note: For v1.3, there is a known issue

Sid Smith Sid Smith 3 min read
Terraform with OneFuse: Naming, IPAM, DNS and Active Directory
Terraform

Terraform with OneFuse: Naming, IPAM, DNS and Active Directory

In previous articles, I walked through how to use OneFuse Naming, IPAM, DNS, and Active Directory individually within a Terraform configuration.  In this article, we are going to put them all together into one single Terraform configuration to provide access to all resources. By the end of this article, we

Sid Smith Sid Smith 5 min read
Terraform with OneFuse: Active Directory
Terraform

Terraform with OneFuse: Active Directory

In this article, we are going to walk through using OneFuse to create a machine record within an Active Directory OU within a Terraform configuration.  To do this we will create a new Terraform configuration that uses the OneFuse provider data source and resource for the Active Directory policy we

Sid Smith Sid Smith 3 min read
Disable OpenSSH on Windows Servers
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Disable OpenSSH on Windows Servers

Overview This article is an overview of using a bastion host (proxy server) for execution of an OpenSSH Uninstall PowerShell script via the OneFuse scripting module. The goal is to provide a sample framework that can modified based on environmental requirements. Considerations Currently SSH is the only supported connection method

Sid Smith Sid Smith 2 min read
Terraform with OneFuse: DNS
Terraform

Terraform with OneFuse: DNS

In this article we are going to walk through using OneFuse to create DNS records within a Terraform configuration.  To do this we will create a new Terraform configuration that uses the OneFuse provider data source and resource for the DNS policy we created as part of “Creating a OneFuse

Sid Smith Sid Smith 3 min read
OpenSSH Install on Windows 2016/2019
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OpenSSH Install on Windows 2016/2019

Overview In this article, we will go over how to install OpenSSH on Windows 2016 and 2019 Note for Windows 2012 The Windows 2016 install instructions “should” work on Windows 2012, but have NOT been tested. Please use at you own risk. Considerations We will assume you have internet access

Sid Smith Sid Smith 3 min read
Terraform with OneFuse: IPAM
Terraform

Terraform with OneFuse: IPAM

In this article we are going to walk through using OneFuse to reserve an IP address for use in a Terraform configuration. To do this we will create a new Terraform configuration that uses the OneFuse provider data source and resource for the IPAM policy we created as part of

Sid Smith Sid Smith 4 min read
Terraform with OneFuse: Custom Naming
Terraform

Terraform with OneFuse: Custom Naming

In this article we are going to walk through using OneFuse to generate a name for use in a Terraform configuration.  To do this we will create a new Terraform configuration that uses the OneFuse provider data source and resource for  the naming policy we created as part of Creating

Sid Smith Sid Smith 4 min read