VMware Enterprise PKS: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.5]
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Duration
5 Days
Modality
Live Online
Course code
EDU-PKSICM15-OE
Course 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.
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 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
Target Audience
- System administrators
- System engineers.
Prerequisites
This class requires understanding the concepts and topics presented in the following courses:
- Kubernetes Foundations (or equivalent)
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage[V6.x]
- VMware NSX-T Data Center:Install, Configure, Manage[V2.x]
System administration experience with cloud computing concepts and generic Kubernetes knowledge is strongly recommended
Product Alignment
- VMware Enterprise PKS 1.5
- VMware vSphere® 6.7 U2
- VMware NSX-T 2.4
Target Audience
- System administrators
- System engineers.
Prerequisites
This class requires understanding the concepts and topics presented in the following courses:
- Kubernetes Foundations (or equivalent)
- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage[V6.x]
- VMware NSX-T Data Center:Install, Configure, Manage[V2.x]
System administration experience with cloud computing concepts and generic Kubernetes knowledge is strongly recommended
Product Alignment
- VMware Enterprise PKS 1.5
- VMware vSphere® 6.7 U2
- VMware NSX-T 2.4
Module Breakdown - For a course module breakdown click here
Module 1
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 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
Module 7
Installing VMware Enterprise PKS
- Overview of the Installation Process
- Install using Operations Manager
- Installing VMware Enterprise PKS
- Installing Harbor
Module 8
Troubleshooting VMware Enterprise PKS
- Troubleshooting with Bosh
- Retrieving Logs
- Troubleshooting Tips
Class Schedule
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