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VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.5]

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.5]

$2,550 USD GSA $2,183.88

Course Code EDU-TKGICM15

Duration 3 days

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During this three-day course, you focus on installing VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ on a VMware vSphere® environment and then provisioning and managing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters. The course covers how to install Tanzu Kubernetes Grid packages for image registry, authentication, logging, ingress, multi-pod network interfaces, service discovery, and monitoring. The concepts learned in this course are transferable for users who must install Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on other supported clouds.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Describe how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid fits in the VMware TanzuTM portfolio
Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid architecture
Deploy 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

Who Can Benefit

Platform operators who are responsible for deploying and managing Tanzu Kubernetes clusters

Prerequisites

Understanding of Kubernetes and the Kubernetes cluster architecture
Experience deploying and managing multiple Kubernetes clusters

Course Details

Outline

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 and workload clusters, and the role of Cluster API
List the components of a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid instance
Illustrate how to use the Tanzu CLI
Identify the requirements for a bootstrap machine
Define the Carvel Tool set
Define Cluster API
Identify the infrastructure providers
List the Cluster API controllers
Identify the Cluster API Custom Resource Definitions

Management Clusters

List the requirements for deploying a management cluster
Differentiate between deploying on vSphere 6.7 Update 3 and vSphere 7
Describe the components of NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid integrates with NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Explain how Kubernetes manages authentication
Define Pinniped
Define Dex
Describe the Pinniped authentication workflow
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

Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters

List the steps to build a custom image
Describe the available customizations
Identify the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters are created
Discuss which VMs 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 on a cluster

Configuring and Managing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Instances

Define the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid packages
Describe the Harbor Image Registry
Define Fluent Bit
Identify the logs that Fluent Bit collects
Explain basic Fluent Bit configuration
Describe the Contour ingress controller
Demonstrate how to install Contour on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
Demonstrate how to install Service Discovery with ExternalDNS.
Define Multus CNI
Define Prometheus
Define Grafana

Troubleshooting

Discuss the various Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs
Identify the location of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs
Explain the purpose of crash diagnostics
Demonstrate how to use SSH to connect to a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid VM
Describe the steps for troubleshooting a failed cluster deployment

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