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RAM GOPINATHAN

September 9, 2026

Building an all in one FDO server infrastructure on Image Mode RHEL

This post walks through building an all in one FDO server infrastructure on Image Mode RHEL for testing purposes

RAM GOPINATHAN

February 28, 2026

Automating post install configurations with cloud-init for Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments on baremetal environments

Stop configuring servers by hand. Here's how cloud-init brings cloud-level automation to your physical infrastructure.

RAM GOPINATHAN

November 17, 2025

Using ansible and image builder to create customized RHEL system images for provisioning systems that run virtualized protection automation and control software

In my last post I covered how to perform an IPMI install using a custom ISO but did not go into too much details on how to build a customized ISO for provisioning systems that run virtualized…

RAM GOPINATHAN

October 26, 2025

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux on bare metal servers Using IPMI

In this post, I’ll walk through how to perform a fully automated and unattended install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on a bare-metal server remotely using the IPMI web interface. For readers…

RAM GOPINATHAN

July 19, 2024

Secure device onboarding with FDO

One of the things I've been focusing on in my new role with the industrial edge team is device onboarding, and FDO is a key enabling technology that we are super excited about since it solves a lot…

RAM GOPINATHAN

May 30, 2024

Building RHEL Golden images leveraging GitOps and Self Hosted Github runner on AWS

In this post I will walk through how you can setup a Gitops process for building golden images based on RHEL using RHEL image builder tool. If you are not familar with Image Builder I will recommend…