VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.0]

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Introducing VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

• Identify the VMware Tanzu products responsible for Kubernetes life cycle management and describe the main differences between them
• Explain the core concepts of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, including bootstrap, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management, supervisor, and workload clusters
• List the components of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid instance

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid CLI and API

• Illustrate how to use the Tanzu CLI
• Define the Carvel Tool set
• Define Cluster API
• Identify the infrastructure providers
• List the Cluster API controllers
• Identify the Cluster API custom resource definitions

Authentication

• Explain how Kubernetes manages authentication with Management clusters
• Explain how Kubernetes manages authentication with supervisor clusters
• Define Pinniped
• Define Dex
• Describe the Pinniped authentication workflow

Load Balancers

• Illustrate how load balancing works for the Kubernetes control plane
• Illustrate how load balancing works for application workload
• Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid integrates with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
• List load balancing options available on public clouds

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on vSphere

• List the requirements for deploying a supervisor cluster
• List the steps to install a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid supervisor cluster
• Summarize the events of a supervisor cluster creation
• List the requirements for deploying a management cluster
• List the steps to install a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management cluster
• Summarize the events of a management cluster creation
• Demonstrate how to use commands when working with management clusters

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on Public Clouds

• List the requirements for deploying a management cluster on AWS and Microsoft Azure
• List the configuration options to install a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid a management cluster on AWS and Azure

Tanzu Kubernetes Workload Clusters

• List the steps to build a custom image
• Describe the available customizations
• Identify the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Explain the difference between the v1alpha3 and v1beta1 APIs
• Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters are created
• Discuss which VMs compose a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
• List the pods that run on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
• Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid core add-ons that are installed on a cluster

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Packages

• Define the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid packages
• Explain the difference between Auto-Managed and CLI-Managed packages
• Define packages repositories

Configuring and Managing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Operation and Analytics Packages

• Describe Cert-Manager
• Describe the Harbor Image Registry
• Describe Fluent Bit
• Identify the logs that Fluent Bit collects
• Explain basic Fluent Bit configuration
• Describe Prometheus and Grafana

Configuring and Managing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Networking Packages

• Describe the Contour ingress controller
• Demonstrate how to install Contour on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
• Describe ExternalDNS
• Demonstrate how to install Service Discovery with ExternalDNS
• Describe Multus CNI

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Day 2 Operations

• List the load balancer configuration options in vSphere to load balance applications
• Demonstrate how to configure Ingress with the NodePortLocal Mode
• Explain how to install VMware Tanzu Application Platform
• Describe life cycle management in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• Explain how backup and restore are implemented in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• Describe Velero and Restic
• List the steps to back up a Workload cluster using Velero and Restic

Troubleshooting Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

• Discuss the various Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs
• Identify the location of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs
• Explain the purpose of crash diagnostics
• Demonstrate how to check the health of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
• Explain packages cleanup procedures
• Explain management recovery procedures