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I couldn't find instructions on the internet anywhere for how to craft a UEFI secure bootable VMware ESXi installer disk iso. I worked it out using the rEFInd OSS project. This is not perfect or optimal, but it does the job.

Inspirational Links of note

• Creating custom menus for legacy bios booting
• Creating a rEFInd bootable iso
• Official rEFInd documentation and good resources on UEFI/SecureBoot in general
• US Department of Defense Secure Boot documentation
• Partial implementation
• [VMware specific kickstart reference](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VM

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{
  "asyncTimeout": "900",
  "asyncTimeoutOverheadMarginPercent": 20,
  "iterations": 10,
  "pollInterval": 5,
  "sleepTime": 15,
  "testResults": {
    "async": {
      "agg": {
        "id": {

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bash-5.0# ansible-playbook -i localhost test.yml -vvvv
ansible-playbook 2.10.3
  config file = /app/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 3.8.5 (default, Jul 20 2020, 23:11:29) [GCC 9.3.0]
Using /app/ansible.cfg as config file
setting up inventory plugins
host_list declined parsing /app/localhost as it did not pass its verify_file() method

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- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no

  vars:
    # Generally adjustable knobs for testing
    sleepTime: 15
    iterations: 10
    asyncTimeoutOverheadMarginPercent: 20
    pollInterval: 5

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function testnull {
    param([System.Nullable[int]] $testint)
    if($testint){
        Write-Host "Value was found to be null implicitly"
    } else {
        Write-Host "Value was found to not be null implicitly"
    }
    if($testint -eq $null){
        Write-Host "Value was found to be null by explicit null comparison"
    } else {

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| inputlookup mykvstore 
| eval _time=strptime(LastUpdate , "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S") 
| where _time < relative_time(now(),"-3d") 
| eval Keyfield=_key

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#!/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby

require 'json'

host_cert = `/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet config print hostcert`.strip!
host_key = `/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet config print hostprivkey`.strip!
puppetca_cert = `/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet config print localcacert`.strip!
api_url = "https://localhost:4433"
api_url_8140 = "https://localhost:8140"
exitstatus = 0