VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage [V7]

•  Introductions and course logistics
•  Course objectives

•  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

•  Introduce the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
•  Introduce the VMware Tanzu™ portfolio
•  Describe the purpose and functionality of vSphere with Kubernetes
•  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
•  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
•  Describe the kubectl command line interface

Explain the architecture of the vSphere with Kubernetes core services
•  Describe the use cases of vSphere with Kubernetes
•  Enable vSphere with Kubernetes
•  Deploy Harbor Registry
•  Describe a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace
•  Describe resource quotas
•  Explain authentication and authorization to vSphere with Kubernetes
•  Create a namespace
•  Use kubectl to interact with vSphere with Kubernetes
•  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 Harbor Image Registry
•  Explain Harbor integration with vSphere with Kubernetes
•  Enable Harbor
•  Push container images to Harbor
•  Deploy containers from Harbor

•  Introduce Kubernetes Cluster API
•  Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service for vSphere
•  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

•  Describe the monitoring tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
•  Describe the troubleshooting tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
•  Describe VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™ integration
•  Describe vCenter Server events
•  Describe vSphere with Kubernetes events
•  Describe gathering vSphere with Kubernetes support log bundles

•  Introduce Kubernetes version
•  Explain Kubernetes release cadence
•  Describe vSphere with Kubernetes life cycle
•  Describe NSX component life cycle
•  Describe vSphere with Kubernetes Certificate Management