Course Description
This 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 multi-cloud enterprises and service providers). VMware E
COURSE 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 preinstalled 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 Enterprise PKS Management Console 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
Agenda
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
VMware Enterprise PKS Value Proposition
- How software development practices are changing
- Introduction to Containers
- Introduction to Kubernetes
- Introduction to VMware Enterprise PKS
VMware Enterprise PKS Architecture
- Introduction to BOSH
- VMware Enterprise PKS Kubernetes
- VMware Enterprise PKS Control Plane
- Introduction to Operations Manager
- Introduction to Harbor
- Introduction to VMware Enterprise PKS Management Console
Networking VMware Enterprise PKS with NSX-T
- Overview of NSX-T Data Center and why it�s needed
- Logical switching networking services
- Logical routing, load balancing, NATs
- VMware NSX-T� Data Center integration with Kubernetes
- Logical topologies
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 integration with VMware Enterprise PKS and tools
- Managing clusters
- Upgrading VMware Enterprise PKS
- Backup and restore
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
Installing VMware Enterprise PKS
- Physical topologies
- Lesson: Overview of the Installation Process
- Lesson: Install using VMware Enterprise PKS Management Console
Audience
System administrators
System engineers