Overview
This is a multi-part, self paced quick start exercise to explore the platform's capabilities for "Lifecycle Management" of upstream-based Kubernetes clusters in VMware vSphere/vCenter environments.
Users are allowed to provision Kubernetes clusters on private environment like VMware. The controller provides streamlined provisioning approaches that allow users to bring up a Kubernetes cluster on a VMware environment in minutes
vSphere Lifecycle Management¶
Users can leverage the native integration with VMware to:
- Provision and manage the lifecycle of their VMware Clusters in any region right from the Controller
- Create and maintain version controlled cluster specifications in your Git Repositories
- Use the declarative, cluster specifications to provision VMware clusters with a high level of automation
What Will You Do by Part¶
| Part | What will you do? |
|---|---|
| 1 | Setup the resources needed for lifeycle management |
| 2 | Provision a VMware vSphere Cluster |
| 3 | Scale the cluster by updating the number of nodes |
| 4 | Upgrade the kubernetes version of the cluster control plane and worker nodes |
| 5 | Deprovision the cluster and remove the underlying infrastructure |
Assumptions¶
- You have access to a VMware vSphere environment
Documentation¶
To access the documentation for Lifecycle Management for VMware Clusters,click here