1 Course Introduction

• • Introductions and course logistics
• • Course objectives

2 Introducing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

• • Describe Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• • Describe VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu®
• • Describe VMware Tanzu® Mission ControlTM
• • Describe VMware Tanzu® for Kubernetes Operations
• • Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid components
• • Discuss bootstrapping multiple Tanzu Kubernetes Grid instances
• • Describe vSphere Namespaces
• • Describe the benefits of registering with VMware Tanzu Mission Control

3 CLI Tools and Cluster API

• • Describe the Tanzu CLI and plug-ins
• • Describe the Kubernetes CLI Tools for vSphere
• • Describe the Carvel tool set
• • Describe Cluster API
• • List the infrastructure providers
• • Detail the Cluster API controllers
• • List the Cluster API custom resource definitions

4 Authentication

• • Define Kubernetes roles and RBAC API objects
• • Define Pinniped and OpenID Connect
• • Define Dex and LDAP authentication
• • Define VMware vCenter® Single Sign-On integration with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• • Identify the management cluster authentication components
• • Describe the Pinniped workflow in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on a management cluster
• • Describe vSphere Namespace permissions and roles
• • Define authentication using vCenter Single Sign-On
• • Define authentication using external identity providers
• • Identify the authentication options for kubectl and the Tanzu CLI

5 Load Balancers

• • Explain load balancing in Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• • Describe the different load balancers that integrate with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• • Describe the components of VMware NSX®Advanced Load BalancerTM
• • Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid integrates with NSX Advanced Load Balancer

6 VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on vSphere

• • Outline the requirements for deploying a supervisor cluster in a vSphere environment
• • Describe the different options for deploying the supervisor cluster
• • Describe the licensing requirements for supervisor clusters
• • List the steps to install a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid supervisor cluster and retrieve its status
• • Describe how to apply a full license to the supervisor cluster
• • List the requirements for deploying a management cluster in a vSphere environment
• • List the requirements for a bootstrap machine
• • List the requirements for Internet-restricted environments
• • Explain how the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid version relates to specific OVA versions
• • Describe the optional configuration for deploying a management cluster in a vSphere environment
• • List the steps to install a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management cluster
• • Summarize the creation of a management cluster
• • Define the commands available for working with management clusters
• • List the steps to register Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management clusters with VMware Tanzu Mission Control

7 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Workload Clusters

• • List the options for deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• • Describe the different types of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• • Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters are created
• • Describe the VMs that are included in a workload cluster
• • Describe the components of a workload cluster
• • Describe the difference between machine images and custom machine images
• • List the available customizations
• • Explain how to build custom images
• • Describe how to use custom images
• • Describe the commands available for working with workload clusters
• • Explain how to scale workload clusters
• • Describe machine health checks

8 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Packages

• • Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid uses packages
• • Identify the different package repositories
• • Describe the different types of packages and their dependencies
• • Define auto-managed packages
• • Identify the auto-managed packages that are installed to every cluster and those that are installed based on configuration
• • Explain how auto-managed packages are installed and configured
• • Define CLI-managed packages
• • Explain how CLI-managed packages are installed and configured
• • Use the Tanzu CLI to configure and install optional packages and repositories

9 Configuring and Managing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Networking Packages

• • Describe cert-manager
• • Explain how to install cert-manager
• • Describe the Contour ingress controller
• • Explain how to install Contour
• • Describe service discovery
• • Describe ExternalDNS
• • Detail the configuration options for BIND servers
• • Explain how to install ExternalDNS
• • Describe Multus
• • Describe Multus pod configuration
• • Describe Whereabouts
• • Explain how to install Multus and Whereabouts

10 Configuring and Managing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Operation and Analytics Packages

• • Describe Fluent Bit
• • Detail the logs that Fluent Bit collects
• • Describe basic Fluent Bit configuration
• • Explain how to install Fluent Bit
• • Describe Prometheus
• • Describe Grafana
• • Describe the Harbor image registry
• • Explain Harbor vulnerability scanning

11 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Day 2 Operations

• • Explain the process of authenticating Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• • Identify the method of creating restricted role[1]based access to components inside a workload cluster
• • Explain how Tanzu Kubernetes Grid integrates with NSX Advanced Load Balancer for ingress
• • Describe VMware Tanzu® Application PlatformTM
• • List the steps to install Tanzu Application Platform on Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• • Describe the prerequisites and steps for upgrading Tanzu Kubernetes Grid instances
• • Describe the prerequisites and steps for updating Tanzu Kubernetes Grid workload clusters
• • Understand how VMware Tanzu Mission Control manages the life cycle of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
• • Define Velero Plugin for vSphere and standalone Velero
• • Describe Velero Plugin for vSphere
• • Identify the steps to install Velero on workload clusters
• • Explain how to back up and restore workload clusters with the Velero CLI and VMware Tanzu Mission Control

12 Troubleshooting Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

• • Describe the various Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs
• • Explain how to review the Cluster API controller Logs
• • Identify the location of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid logs
• • Explain the purpose of Crash Diagnostics
• • Describe how to use SSH to connect to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid nodes
• • Explain how to troubleshoot package installation errors