VMware Enterprise PKS: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.5]

Intended Audience:

• System administrators

• System engineers

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

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

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