VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage [V7] (VSKDM7) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Course Introduction
  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Course objectives
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
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
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
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
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
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