VMware Enterprise PKS: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.5]
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- Formats:
Classroom,
Live Online,
vFlex-ILT,
Onsite
- Length: 5 Days
Overview:
This five-day course features intensive hands-on training that focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware® Enterprise PKS 1.5 (a purpose-built container solution to operationalize Kubernetes for multicloud enterprises and service providers). VMware Enterprise PKS significantly simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes clusters with Day 1 and Day 2 operations support. This course prepares you to install and administer a VMware Enterprise PKS environment for an organization of any size.
Product Alignment • VMware Enterprise PKS 1.5 • VMware vSphere® 6.7 U2 • VMware NSX-TTM 2.4 |
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| Objectives: | By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Explain how the VMware Enterprise PKS platform enables enterprises to deploy and manage the Kubernetes platform as a service on premises • Describe the VMware Enterprise PKS platform architecture • Describe the preinstallation activities, such as how various topologies of VMware Enterprise PKS can be deployed, and how to meet prerequisites before installing VMware Enterprise PKS • Describe how BOSH unifies release engineering, deployment, and lifecycle management of cloud software in a VMware Enterprise PKS platform • Describe how the VMware Enterprise PKS Management Console appliance is used to configure and deploy the VMware Enterprise PKS platform components • Describe how VMware NSX-T™ Data Center integrates with VMware Enterprise PKS to provide networking and security services for all the components in a VMware Enterprise PKS environment • Install, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot a VMware Enterprise PKS environment • Use Day 2 operations to create, view, scale, and delete Kubernetes clusters and upgrade VMware Enterprise PKS |
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| Intended Audience: | • System administrators • System engineers |
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| Prerequisites: | This class requires understanding the concepts and topics presented in the following courses: • Kubernetes Foundations (or equivalent) • Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] • Completion of VMware NSX-T: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.x] System administration experience with cloud computing concepts and generic Kubernetes knowledge is strongly recommended |
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| Outline: | 1 Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives 2 VMware Enterprise PKS Value Proposition • Kubernetes and VMware Enterprise PKS Overview • Changes in Software Development Practices • Containers Overview • Kubernetes Overview • Managing Kubernetes with VMware Enterprise PKS 3 VMware Enterprise PKS Architecture • Introduction to BOSH • Introduction to Kubernetes in VMware Enterprise PKS • Introduction to Operations Manager • Introduction to the VMware Enterprise PKS Control Plane • Introduction to Harbor • Introduction to VMware Enterprise PKS Management Console 4 Networking VMware Enterprise PKS with NSX-T • Overview of NSX-T Data Center and it’s uses • Logical Switching, Routing, Load Balancing and NATs • VMware NSX-T Data Center integration with Kubernetes • Logical topologies • Physical Topologies 5 Managing VMware Enterprise PKS • Physical topologies • Tools to manage VMware Enterprise PKS • Managing users • Network profiles • Creating clusters • Introduction to Kubernetes • Persistent storage • NSX-T Data Center Integration with VMware Enterprise PKS and Tools • Managing clusters • Managing Resources • Upgrading VMware Enterprise PKS • Backup and restore 6 Monitoring VMware Enterprise PKS • Using vRealize Log Insight with VMware Enterprise PKS • Using vRealize Operations with VMware Enterprise PKS • Using Wavefront® by VMware® with VMware Enterprise PKS • Using the Kubernetes dashboard • VMware Enterprise PKS logging sinks 7 Installing VMware Enterprise PKS • Overview of the Installation Process • Install using Operations Manager • Installing VMware Enterprise PKS • Installing Harbor 8 Troubleshooting VMware Enterprise PKS • Troubleshooting with Bosh • Retrieving Logs • Troubleshooting Tips 9 Provisioning a New Kubernetes Cluster for Developer Use • Installing PKS and Kubectl Command Line Interfaces (CLI) • Establishing New User Credentials • Creating a Network Profile • Creating a new Cluster • Pushing Images into Harbor • Deploying an application |
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