Tanzu Application Platform: Installation
Get hands-on practice with configuring a basic installation of VMware Tanzu Application Platform.
Overview
This course will take you through the steps of configuring a basic installation of Tanzu Application Platform.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Recall where to find, and be able to use, the Tanzu Application Platform documentation
- List the pre-requisites for an installation of Tanzu Application Platform
- Describe the overall installation process
- Obtain and install software from the VMware Tanzu Network
- Use some of the Carvel tools and the Tanzu CLI
- Configure and deploy a basic Tanzu Application Platform instance
- Navigate the Tanzu Application Platform web interface
- Perform basic troubleshooting of an installation
- Deploy a simple application onto the installed platform
Course prerequisites
- General working knowledge of Kubernetes, and the ability to install and configure a basic Kubernetes cluster
Who should take this course?
- Operators
- Administrators
Course Outline
Introduction to the Tanzu Application Platform Installation Course
What is in this course and who should take it?
Lab: Set up the Kubernetes Environment in Strigo
Set up the course lab environment.
The Tanzu Tools and Cluster Essentials
An introduction to components used to install Tanzu Application Platform.
Lab: Install the Tanzu Core Tools
Prepare the prerequisites for Tanzu Application Platform installation.
The Tanzu Package Mechanism
An introduction to the software package mechanism used to install Tanzu Application Platform.
Introduction to Installation Profiles
An introduction to installation profiles and how to use them to support a range of deployment options.
Steps to the Package Installation
Review the process to install Tanzu Application Platform.
Lab: Install the Tanzu Application Platform
Hands-on practice installing Tanzu Application Platform on a Kubernetes cluster.
TAP-GUI - The Tanzu Application Platform Web Interface
An overview of the Tanzu Application Platform graphical user interface web application.
Running a Workload
What happens when you run a workload on Tanzu Application Platform?
Lab: Deploy an Application on Tanzu Application Platform
Use the tanzu CLI to deploy an application to Tanzu Application Platform.