Category: Tanzu / K8s

  • Deploying applications in VKS

    Deploying applications in VKS

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    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…

  • VKS mgmt vm on Photon 5.0

    VKS mgmt vm on Photon 5.0

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    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…

  • Supervisor cluster with VPC on VCF 9.0

    Supervisor cluster with VPC on VCF 9.0

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    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…

  • Supervisor cluster vs TKG cluster or both?

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    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…

  • Deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid with YAML

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    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…