About the contributors The following individuals also contributed to this book Grant Orchard( Chapters 5, 7, 8, 11, and 12) is a systems engineer for VMware focusing on their Cloud automation portfolio. he is an active member of the australian virtualization community and has been involved with the local chapters of the VMUG and u Brownbag community podcasts Grants holds the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 design and Administration certifications for both Datacenter Virtualization (vCA-DCD VCAP-DCA) and Cloud (VCAP-CIA, VCAP-CID) He recently became a father for the second time and, despite the sleep deprivation, loves to get quality time with his wife liz and two children, all of whom have been incredibly patient with the time he has spent working on this book. When he' s not trying the latest fad diet, he blogs at grantorchard. com and engages with the virtualization community on Twitter (@grantorchard) Josh atwell( Chapter 14)is a Cloud architect at SolidFire, focused on integration with automation platforms and management tools. He has worked hard for over a decade to allow little pieces of code to do his work for him. Now he focuses on building code and tools to help others. Josh has been highly active in the virtualization and datacenter communities, where he can be seen regularly on podcasts such as Engineers Unplugged and uBrown Bag, and as a co-host of the VUPaas podcast He also still works actively with various technical user groups Never known for lacking an opinion, he blogs at tesseract. com and talks shop on Twitter as @Josh_Atwell. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his three children and his supportive wife StephanieAbout the Contributors The following individuals also contributed to this book. Grant Orchard (Chapters 5, 7, 8, 11, and 12) is a systems engineer for VMware, focusing on their Cloud Automation portfolio. He is an active member of the Australian virtualization community and has been involved with the local chapters of the VMUG and vBrownbag community podcasts. Grants holds the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 Design and Administration certifications for both Datacenter Virtualization (VCA-DCD, VCAP-DCA) and Cloud (VCAP-CIA, VCAP-CID). He recently became a father for the second time and, despite the sleep deprivation, loves to get quality time with his wife Liz and two children, all of whom have been incredibly patient with the time he has spent working on this book. When he’s not trying the latest fad diet, he blogs at grantorchard.com and engages with the virtualization community on Twitter (@grantorchard). Josh Atwell (Chapter 14) is a Cloud Architect at SolidFire, focused on integration with automation platforms and management tools. He has worked hard for over a decade to allow little pieces of code to do his work for him. Now he focuses on building code and tools to help others. Josh has been highly active in the virtualization and datacenter communities, where he can be seen regularly on podcasts such as Engineers Unplugged and vBrownBag, and as a co-host of the VUPaaS podcast. He also still works actively with various technical user groups. Never known for lacking an opinion, he blogs at vtesseract.com and talks shop on Twitter as @Josh_Atwell. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his three children and his supportive wife Stephanie