Deploy VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Welcome screen for the VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Installer with management-cluster deployment options.

Once you have reached the welcome page you will have options

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Installer option to deploy a management cluster on VMware vSphere.

For this example we will be deploying Tanzu on a vCF environment so click deploy under vSphere

vSphere connection form in the TKG installer with vCenter Server, username, and password fields.

Next enter in your vCenter server name

Username/password for your admin account

Then click connect to confirm you can connect

TKG installer confirmation that a vSphere 7.0.2 environment was detected, with guidance about vSphere with Tanzu.

Deploy TKG Management Cluster

TKG management-cluster form requesting a vSphere datacenter and SSH public key.

Select your Data Center

Enter in your SSH Public Key

TKG management-cluster settings comparing development and production control-plane layouts and requesting cluster sizing details.

Next select your environment – for my example I am deploying in dev first

Provide the relevant information and click next

TKG installer fields for an optional NSX Advanced Load Balancer controller, credentials, cloud, service-engine group, and VIP network.

You should have already setup an advanced load balancer in NSX-T

This is where you will enter the relevant information to leverage the ALB

TKG installer section showing the enabled Advanced Load Balancer option and optional key-value cluster labels.

This is optional

TKG Advanced Load Balancer settings for the cloud, service-engine group, VIP network, VIP CIDR, and cluster labels.

Cluster label optional

Optional TKG management-cluster metadata fields for location, description, and labels.

Also optional

TKG resource-placement form for selecting the VM folder, datastore, and cluster, host, or resource pool.

Select the pre-created VM folder you want to put to put your Tanzu VMs in

Also, select the data store they will be stored in

Finally, select your cluster or host or RP you will place the VMs on

Optional OIDC identity-management form with issuer URL, client credentials, scopes, and user and group claim fields.

Next we will select the identity management – showing both OIDC and LDAP

LDAPS identity-management form with bind credentials, endpoint, user search, and group search attributes.

Enter your LDAP information here.

Optional TKG installer step for registering the management cluster with Tanzu Mission Control by registration URL.

Next unless you need this option

TKG installer option to participate in the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.

Sure check the box and next

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid installer showing the Review Configuration control.

Review the configuration

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid installer showing Deploy Management Cluster and Edit Configuration controls.

Deploy the Mgmt. cluster

TKG installer deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management cluster on vSphere with a deployment log area.

This can take 20 minutes to an hour.  More like 20-30 minutes.

TKG installer success banner confirming the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid management-cluster installation completed.

Congratulations you have now successfully deployed your management cluster.

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