Category: Tanzu / K8s
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Deploying applications in VKS
Deploy a simple two-tier application In the last post we prepared VKS, and we are now ready to try some more useful applications. Lets start with a two-tier application with a web frontend and a db. First i check if i have a suitable namespace to deploy to.I dont`t, so i create a new one…
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VKS mgmt vm on Photon 5.0
In a previous post i configured a supervisor cluster with VPC, and now i am ready to configure the rest and have a mgmt vm i can use with all the right tools. I chose VMware Photon 5.0 that you can find on: https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS It`s an ova, so easy to add to your cluster, and…
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Supervisor cluster with VPC on VCF 9.0
After installing VCF 9.0 it was time to setup the Supervisor cluster. This would give me VKS, vSphere Kubernets Service, what we earlier called Tanzu. To do this i had some pre-requisites and some options. What network to use, meaning VPC, NSX or VDS. By choosing this i soon found out that i had to…
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Supervisor cluster vs TKG cluster or both?
We talk about Tanzu, but what are the differences between a supervisor cluster and a TKG cluster? In VMware’s Kubernetes ecosystem, a Supervisor Cluster and a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Cluster serve different but complementary roles. Here’s an overview of each and the key differences between them: VMware Supervisor Cluster Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Cluster…
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Deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with YAML
In another post about automation, i tested the creation of Cloud Templates in Aria Automation using ChatGPT. This can also be done for the kubernetes yaml files. This YAML file describes a TKG workload cluster configuration, using Cluster API (CAPI). Explanation: This YAML configuration creates a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster named “example-cluster” with one control plane…