Course Overview
This five-day course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in design, configuration, and operational management of VMware vSphere® Kubernetes Service (VKS) within VMware Cloud Foundation® (VCF) environments. You will learn vSphere Supervisor deployment models, storage topologies, and namespace architecture while gaining expertise in VKS cluster lifecycle management, workload deployment, and day-2 operations. The course covers vSphere Supervisor enablement options, VM Service deployment models, services architecture, and monitoring strategies. You will learn VKS cluster provisioning using kubectl, as well as workload deployment using YAML manifest files and Helm. Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, you will develop practical expertise in designing scalable Kubernetes infrastructure on VCF, operating VKS clusters, and building extensible cloud-native ecosystems for enterprise workload consumption.
Who should attend
System Administrators, Solution Engineers, Consultants, Architects, and Support Personnel
Prerequisites
This course has the following prerequisites:
- VCF Stage-1 Training
- Working experience and knowledge of VMware vSphere®, VMware NSX®, and vSAN environments
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Identify the key components of a Kubernetes architecture
- Explain Volumes and persistent storage mechanisms in Kubernetes
- Explain Kubernetes networking
- Explain the concepts and components of vSphere Supervisor
- Explain the vSphere Supervisor authentication workflow using vCenter Single Sign-On
- Explain the key features of VCF Consumption CLI
- Describe the vSphere Supervisor deployment models
- Identify the vSphere Supervisor networking and load-balancing requirements
- Explain the vSphere Supervisor storage options including cross Datacenter topologies
- Outline the steps to configure vSphere Namespaces and Zones
- Explain the VCF Cloud Services enablement options
- Identify available Services in vSphere Supervisor including Velero and Extensible Services
- Explain how the vSphere Supervisor is monitored and upgraded.
- Explain the VM creation workflow with VM Service
- Outline the VM Service deployment models for Virtual Machines with configurable OVF Properties
- Explain how to deploy a vSphere Pod using kubectl and expose it through a Load Balancer IP
- Describe how building an extensible ecosystem enables organizations to deploy cloud-native applications with integrated services
- Explain how VKS Cluster monitoring functions and how standard packages are managed
- Describe VKS Cluster provisioning using TanzuKubernetesCluster and ClusterClass
- Describe the application deployment workflow using Helm
- Describe the steps for creating snapshots in VKS Cluster
- Explain the process of upgrading the VKS Version
- Outline the steps to update VKS Cluster using VCF CLI
- Explain how VKS cluster management enables platform engineers to manage VKS clusters at scale
- Outline the process for installing Istio on a VKS cluster.
- Illustrate how to visualize the Istio Service Mesh using Kiali.
- Explain how to use the Gateway API to configure traffic routing within Istio the service mesh.
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Kubernetes Overview
- VCF Cloud Services Overview
- vSphere Supervisor Deployment Models
- VCF Cloud Services Enablement Options
- vSphere Supervisor Storage Topologies
- Configuring and Managing vSphere Namespaces and Zones
- Services in vSphere Supervisor
- Monitoring and Lifecycle Management of vSphere Supervisor
- Managing Virtual Machines with VM Service
- Multi-Tenancy in VCF
- Consuming VCF Cloud Services for building an Extensible Ecosystem
- VKS Cluster Deployment using Kubectl
- Monitoring and Lifecycle Management of VKS Clusters
- Deploying Workloads on VKS Clusters using Helm
- VKS Cluster Day-2 Operations
- VKS Cluster Management and Istio Service Mesh