VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Install, Configure, Manage

• 1 Course Introduction
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
• 2 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
• 3 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
• 4 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
• 5 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
• 6 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
• 7 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
• 8 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
• 9 Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Packages
  • Define the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid packages
  • Explain the difference between Auto-Managed and CLI-Managed packages
  • Define packages repositories
• 10 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
• 11 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
• 12 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
• 13 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

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

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

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