Author: Matt Adam

In order for tkgs to function, we need the Avi load balancer deployed. This is a very easy step and if you prefer to follow the official documentation it can be found here: https://avinetworks.com/docs/latest/installing-avi-vantage-for-vmware-vcenter/ Download Avi ova from VMware portal. Login to your account at https://my.vmware.com/ and go to Products and Accounts ->Products -> All…

This is really the final step in setting up TKGs, testing the deployment. We will create a simple 2 pod deployment and use the Avi load balancer as the load balancer. Deploy the Blue Application in Tanzu Guest Cluster Login to the guest cluster and enable privileges Run the following commands to login to the…

Now that we have the supervisor cluster up and running and our namespace created, we can deploy a guest cluster via the CLI. I installed an ubuntu 20 vm in vCenter for use as my jumpbox. I installed kubectl and the vsphere plugin in this environment. There are windows plugins and plugins for all the…

After deploying the supervisor cluster, the next step is to setup the namespace where we will deploy our guest cluster. Create Namespace Configure Dev Namespace

Before you can setup workload management in vCenter 7, you need to create a content library and setup the subscription to point to vmware’s library. Add Content Library

In this guide we will configure Workload Management for vCenter 7. We’ll be using vCenter Server Network (DSwitches) instead of NSX-T. Additionally we’ll be using the Avi Load Balancer (NSX Advanced Load Balancer). Licensing for Supervisor Cluster Configuring Workload Management