OBIETTIVI

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

• Describe vSphere with Tanzu and use cases in on-premises environments
• Deploy vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe VMware Tanzu Mission Control
• Describe the VMware NSX networking requirements for vSphere with Tanzu.
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu on NSX-T Data Center
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu on vSphere Distributed Switch
• Create and manage vSphere with Tanzu namespaces
• Deploy and run container applications on vSphere with Tanzu
• Deploy and configure 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 Tanzu lifecycle
• Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vSphere with Tanzu

CONTENUTI:

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 YAML manifest files
• Explain pods
• Explain Replica Sets
• Explain services
• Explain deployments
• Explain network policies

3 Introduction to vSphere with Tanzu

• Introduce the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
• Introduce the VMware Tanzu portfolio
• Describe the purpose and functionality of vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the capabilities of vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the components of vSphere with Tanzu
• Contrast vSphere with Tanzu to traditional Kubernetes
• Describe the requirements for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the NSX components required for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the network topology of vSphere with Tanzu
• Explain the networking requirements of vSphere with Tanzu
• Compare NSX networking objects with Kubernetes networking objects
• Describe the kubectl command line interface

4 vSphere with Tanzu Core Services

• Explain the architecture of the vSphere with Tanzu core services
• Describe the use cases of vSphere with Tanzu
• Enable vSphere with Tanzu
• Deploy Harbor Registry
• Describe a vSphere with Tanzu namespace
• Describe resource quotas
• Explain authentication and authorization to vSphere with Tanzu
• Create a namespace
• Use kubectl to interact with vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe using kubectl pod deployment
• Explain scaling a pod deployment
• Explain deleting pods
• Use kubectl to deploy a pod
• Use kubectl to scale a pod
• Describe a Container Storage Interface
• Explain VM Storage Policies and Persistent Volumes
• Monitor Cloud Native Storage
• Create a Persistent Volume
• Describe the NSX Container Plugin
• Explain Supervisor Cluster Network Topology
• Explain Container Objects in NSX
• Describe Kubernetes Services
• Describe Kubernetes Network Policies
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu on vSphere Distributed Switch
• Describe Harbor Image Registry
• Explain Harbor integration with vSphere with Tanzu
• Enable Harbor
• Push container images to Harbor
• Deploy containers from Harbor

5 VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service

• Introduce Kubernetes Cluster API
• Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
• Describe the use cases for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Describe enabling Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
• Deploy a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
• Scale a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
• Explain the life cycle of Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
• Deploy pods to a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
• Describe monitoring of Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters

6 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Describe the monitoring tools for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe the troubleshooting tools for vSphere with Tanzu
• Describe VMware vRealize Operations Manager integration
• Describe VMware Tanzu Mission Control
• Describe the integration between vSphere with Tanzu and VMware Tanzu Mission Control
• Describe vCenter Server events
• Describe vSphere with Tanzu events
• Describe gathering vSphere with Tanzu support log bundles

7 vSphere with Tanzu Life Cycle

• • Introduce Kubernetes version
  • Explain Kubernetes release cadence
  • Describe vSphere with Tanzu life cycle
  • Describe NSX component life cycle
  • Describe vSphere with Tanzu Certificate Management
• 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 Tanzu lifecycle
• Use logs and CLI commands to monitor and troubleshoot vSphere with Tanzu