During this 3-day course, you focus on deploying and managing VMware vSphere® with Kubernetes. You learn about how vSphere with Kubernetes can be used to orchestrate the delivery of Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications in a VMware vSphere® environment.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe vSphere with Kubernetes and use cases in on-premises environments
Deploy vSphere with Kubernetes
Describe the VMware NSX® networking requirements for vSphere with Kubernetes.
Create and manage vSphere with Kubernetes namespaces
Deploy and run container applications on vSphere with Kubernetes
Deploy and configure VMware Harbor
Describe the VMware Tanzu™ Kubernetes Grid™ service
Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
Deploy and run container applications on a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
Describe the vSphere with Kubernetes lifecycle
Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vSphere with Kubernetes

1

  • Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
    Course objectives
2

  • Introduction to Containers and Kubernetes

  • Describe Virtual Machines and Containers
    Describe Container Hosts
    Describe Container Engines
    Describe Dockerfile
    Describe Container Images
    Describe Image Registry
    Describe the purpose and functionality of Kubernetes
    Describe Manifest YAML files
    Explain Pod YAML files
    Explain ReplicaSets
    Explain Services
    Explain Deployments
3

  • Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes

  • Describe the purpose and functionality of vSphere with Kubernetes
    Explain the integration with VMware Tanzu™ Mission Control™
    Describe the capabilities of vSphere with Kubernetes
    Describe the components of vSphere with Kubernetes
    Contrast vSphere with Kubernetes to traditional Kubernetes
    Describe the requirements for vSphere with Kubernetes
    Prepare a vSphere cluster for vSphere with Kubernetes
    Describe the NSX components required for vSphere with Kubernetes
    Describe the network topology of vSphere with Kubernetes
    Explain the networking requirements of vSphere with Kubernetes
    Compare NSX networking objects with Kubernetes networking objects
4

  • vSphere with Kubernetes Core Services

  • Explain the architecture of the vSphere with Kubernetes Core Services
    Describe the Container Service
    Describe the Volume Service
    Describe the Network Service
    Describe the Registry Service
    Describe the use cases of vSphere with Kubernetes
    Enable vSphere with Kubernetes
    Deploy VMware Harbor Registry
5

  • vSphere with Kubernetes Namespaces

  • Describe a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace
    Contrast a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace to a traditional Kubernetes namespace
    Describe Resource Quotas
    Explain Authentication and Authorization to vSphere with Kubernetes
    Explain the use cases of namespaces
    Create a namespace
    Describe kubectl
    Use kubectl to interact with vSphere with Kubernetes
    Describe using kubectl pod deployment
    Explain scaling a pod deployment
    Explain managing pod lifecycle
    Explain deleting pods
    Use kubectl to deploy a pod
    Use kubectl to scale a pod
    Use kubectl to switch between namespaces
6

  • VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service

  • Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
    Describe the use cases for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
    Describe the integration with Tanzu Mission Control
    Explain the lifecycle of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
    Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
    Deploy pods to a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
7

  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting

  • Describe the monitoring tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
    Describe the troubleshooting tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
    Explain cluster, node, and namespace health
    Explain usage and capacity monitoring
    Describe vCenter Server events
    Describe vSphere with Kubernetes events
    Gather support information
8

  • vSphere with Kubernetes Lifecycle

  • Describe the vSphere with Kubernetes lifecycle
    Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid lifecycle
    Describe scaling a vSphere with Kubernetes cluster
    Update vSphere with Kubernetes
    Update Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
    Remove vSphere with Kubernetes

Audience

Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vSphere with Kubernetes will benefit from this course.

Language

English

Prerequisites

This course requires that a student be able to perform the following tasks with no assistance or guidance before enrolling in this course: Create VMware vCenter Server® objects, such as data centers and folders Create a virtual machine using a wizard or a template Modify a virtual machine’s hardware Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® vMotion® Migrate a virtual machine with VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® Configure and manage a vSphere DRS cluster with resource pools Configure and manage a VMware vSphere® High Availability cluster If you cannot perform all of these tasks, VMware recommends that you complete one of the prerequisite courses before enrolling in VMware vSphere with Kubernetes: Deploy & Manage.

Length: 30.0 days (24 hours)

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