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.
Product Alignment
– VMware vSphere 8
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Experienced system administrators and system integrators responsible for designing and implementing vSphere with Kubernete
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
This course requires completion of one of the following courses:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale
Experience working at the command line is helpful.
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.
• VSICM – VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VSOS – VMware vSphere: Optimize & Scale
COURSE CONTENT:
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
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
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
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
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