Amaranath Pokuri | Systems & Infrastructure Engineer

Ansible for Infrastructure Automation

Ansible is one of the most practical automation tools for infrastructure teams — agentless, YAML-based, and easy to adopt for patching, baseline hardening, and repeatable operational tasks. I've collected the core concepts, a sample playbook shape, common use cases, and the practices that keep automation safe in production environments. Read the full guide: Ansible Whether you're automating Linux servers, extending workflows to cloud APIs, or building roles for reusable patterns, the learning page walks through the fundamentals.

VMware vSphere Essentials for Infrastructure Engineers

VMware vSphere remains central to many enterprise environments. It turns physical hosts into pools of compute, storage, and network resources — and operators manage that layer every day through host health, VM placement, datastore capacity, and upgrade planning. I've documented the core components, daily operational tasks, UCS integration patterns, and a common migration workflow that shows up repeatedly in production work. Read the full guide: VMware Learning Kubernetes on the side? See From VMware to Kubernetes for how the mental models map — and where they do not. If you're supporting vSphere clusters or planning migrations between vCenter environments, this page is a good starting reference.

Getting Started with Physical Hardware Operations

Before virtualization, clustering, or cloud layers matter, the servers, storage, and network paths underneath have to be correct. Physical hardware work is still the foundation of most enterprise infrastructure. I've put together a focused learning page covering racking, cabling, firmware updates, storage connectivity, and the troubleshooting patterns that come up most often in production data centers. Read the full guide: Physical Hardware Topics covered include rack elevation planning, labeling standards, UCS/Dell/HPE environments, and why treating every build as a long-term operations problem saves time during incidents later.

Welcome to My Infrastructure Blog

After years of working on production infrastructure in the telecommunications industry — VMware environments, UCS platforms, Linux and Windows administration, data center operations, automation, and cloud technology — I'm starting this blog to share what I learn in the field. What you'll find hereData center operations — deployment, hardware troubleshooting, and day-to-day platform support Virtualization — VMware vSphere, UCS service profiles, migrations, and environment upgrades Linux & Windows administration — patching, configuration, monitoring, and incident response Automation — Ansible, scripting, and repeatable operational workflows Cloud engineering — AWS, GCP, and hybrid platform concepts applied to real infrastructure workWhy now Infrastructure work is full of hard-won knowledge that rarely makes it into official documentation. I want this space to capture the fixes, scripts, and mental models that helped me solve real problems. If you work in systems engineering, DevOps, or platform operations, I hope these posts save you some time. Connect with me on LinkedIn or GitHub.