VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.5] (en)
This hands-on training course provides the knowledge, skills, and tools to install, configure, and manage VMware Tanzu™ Kubernetes Grid™ Integrated Edition (formerly known as VMware Enterprise PKS). In this course, you will learn Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition workflows for managing Kubernetes clusters using BOSH and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition integration with other VMware products.
You will be presented with various types of technical problems that you will need to identify, analyze and solve through a systematic process.
COD: VMT005
Category: VMware Tanzu
The course is aimed at Platform Operators who are responsible for implementing and managing Tanzu Kubernetes clusters.
Prerequisites:
- Understanding of Kubernetes and Kubernetes cluster architecture
- Experience deploying and managing multiple Kubernetes clusters
At the End of the Course, you will be able to:
- Describe how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid fits into the VMware Tanzu™ portfolio
- Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid architecture
- Implement and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management clusters
- Deploy and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
- Deploy, configure, and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid packages
- Perform basic troubleshooting
1 Introduction to the course
- Introduction and logistics of the course
- Objectives of the course
2 Introduction to VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
- Identify the VMware Tanzu products responsible for Kubernetes lifecycle management and describe the key differences between them
- Explain the fundamental concepts of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, including bootstrap, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload management and clusters, and the role of the Cluster API.
- List the components of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid instance
- Demonstrate the use of the Tanzu CLI.
- Identify the requirements of a bootstrap machine
- Define the Carvel toolset
- Define the Cluster API
- Identify infrastructure providers
- List Cluster API controllers
- Identify Cluster API custom resource definitions.
3 Management clusters
- List the requirements for deploying a management cluster
- Distinguish between deployment on vSphere 6.7 Update 3 and vSphere 7
- Describe the components of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid integrates with NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Explain how Kubernetes handles authentication
- Define Pinniped
- Define Dex
- Describe the Pinniped authentication workflow
- List the steps for installing a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management cluster
- Summarize the events of creating a management cluster
- Demonstrate how to use the commands when working with management clusters.
4 Tanzu Kubernetes clusters
- List the steps to create a custom image
- Describe the customizations available
- Identify options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
- Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters are created
- Discuss which virtual machines make up a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
- List the pods that run on a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster
- Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid core add-ons that are installed in a cluster.
5 Configure and manage Tanzu Kubernetes Grid instances
- Define Tanzu Kubernetes Grid packages
- Describe Harbor Image Registry
- Define Fluent Bits
- Identify the logs that Fluent Bit collects
- Explain the basic setup of Fluent Bit
- Describe the Contour input controller
- Demonstrate how to install Contour on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster.
- Demonstrate how to install Service Discovery with External DNS.
- Define Multus CNI
- Define Prometheus
- Define Grafana
6 Troubleshooting
- Discuss the various Tanzu Kubernetes Grid registers
- Identify the location of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs
- Explain the purpose of crash diagnostics
- Demonstrate how to use SSH to connect to a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid virtual machine
- Describe the steps for troubleshooting a failed cluster deployment
Duration– 3 days
Delivery – Flex, Classroom, On Site, Remote
