VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage
In this course you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with Tanzu. You learn about how vSphere with Tanzu can be used to orchestrate the delivery of Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in a vSphere environment.
Course Overview
In this course you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with Tanzu. You learn about how vSphere with Tanzu can be used to orchestrate the delivery of Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in a vSphere environment.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe vSphere with Tanzu and use cases in on-premises environments
- Deploy vSphere with Tanzu
- Describe VMware Tanzu Mission Control
- Describe the VMware NSX® networking requirements for vSphere with Tanzu.
- Describe vSphere with Tanzu on NSX-T Data Center
- Describe vSphere with Tanzu on vSphere Distributed Switch
- Create and manage vSphere with Tanzu namespaces
- Deploy and run container applications on vSphere with Tanzu
- Deploy and configure Harbor
- Describe the VMware TanzuTM Kubernetes GridTM service
- Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
- Deploy and run container applications on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
- Describe the vSphere with Tanzu lifecycle
- Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vSphere with Tanzu
Target Audience
- Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vSphere with Tanzu
Prerequisites
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage OR VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
- VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage
- Experience working at the command line is helpful.
Course Outline
Lab 1: Verifying Docker on the Developer Workstation
Check your Understanding
Self assessment of your Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes Knowledge
Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu (Part 1)
Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu (Part 2)
Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu (Part 3)
NSX-T Data Center for vSphere with Tanzu (Part 1)
NSX-T Data Center for vSphere with Tanzu (Part 2)
Lab 5: Downloading and Configuring the Kubernetes CLI
Check your Understanding
Self assessment of your Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu knowledge
Lab 6: Creating and Configuring a vSphere with Tanzu Namespace
Lab 7: Deploying a Container Application That Runs in a vSphere Pod
Lab 8: Scaling Out a vSphere Pod Deployment
Lab 9: Deploying a vSphere Pod with a Persistent Volume
vSphere with Tanzu on NSX-T Data Center (Part 1)
vSphere with Tanzu on NSX-T Data Center (Part 2)
Lab 11: Creating a Kubernetes Network Policy
vSphere with Tanzu on vSphere Distributed Switch (Part 1)
vSphere with Tanzu on vSphere Distributed Switch (Part 2)
Lab 14: Pushing and Deploying Harbor Images
Check your Understanding
Self assessment of your Tanzu Core Services knowledge
Introduction to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service (Part 1)
Introduction to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service (Part 2)
Lab 16: Deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
Lab 17: Working with Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
Check your Understanding
Self assessment of your Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service knowledge
Check your Understanding
Self assessment of your Monitoring and Troubleshooting in vSphere knowledge
Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle
Lab 18: Control Plane Certificate Management
Lab 19: (Optional) Deploying the Yelb Application as vSphere Pods
Lab 20: (Optional) Deploying the Yelb Application to a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
Check your Understanding
Self assessment of your vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle Knowledge