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GKE – User cannot create resource – requires one of [“container.roles.create”] permission(s)

The Issue I stood up my first ever GKE cluster! Woo, go me! However when I was trying to setup Tanzu Service Mesh, I hit issues such as: Error from server (Forbidden): error when creating “operator-deployment.yaml”: roles.rbac.authorization.k8s.io is forbidden: User “[email protected]” cannot create resource “roles” in API group “rbac.authorization.k8s.io” in the namespace “vmware-system-tsm”: requires one … Continue reading GKE – User cannot create resource – requires one of [“container.roles.create”] permission(s)

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OpenShift on VMware – Integrating with vSphere Storage, Networking and Monitoring.

I was honoured to be a guest on the “Ask an OpenShift Admin” webinar recently. Where I had the chance to talk about OpenShift on VMware, always a hot topic, and how we co-innovate and work together on solutions. You can watch the full session below. Keep reading to see the content I didn’t get … Continue reading OpenShift on VMware – Integrating with vSphere Storage, Networking and Monitoring.

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Using the new vSphere Kubernetes Driver Operator with Red Hat OpenShift via Operator Hub

What is the vSphere Kubernetes Driver Operator (VDO)? This Kubernetes Operator has been designed and created as part of the VMware and IBM Joint Innovation Labs program. We also talked about this at VMworld 2021 in a joint session with IBM and Red Hat. With the aim of simplifying the deployment and lifecycle of VMware … Continue reading Using the new vSphere Kubernetes Driver Operator with Red Hat OpenShift via Operator Hub

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Creating and hosting a Helm Chart package to install Pac-Man on Kubernetes

If you’ve have been following any of my blogs that relate to Kubernetes, I am sure that you will have seen the use of my demo application Pac-Man, designed to replicate a small production application with a front end UI service, DB back end service and load balancing service. If not, you can find it … Continue reading Creating and hosting a Helm Chart package to install Pac-Man on Kubernetes

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Upgrading the vSphere CSI Driver (Storage Container Plugin) from v2.1.0 to latest

In this post I’m just documenting the steps on how to upgrade the vSphere CSI Driver, especially if you must make a jump in versioning to the latest version. Upgrade from pre-v2.3.0 CSI Driver version to v2.3.0 You need to figure out what version of the vSphere CSI Driver you are running. For me it … Continue reading Upgrading the vSphere CSI Driver (Storage Container Plugin) from v2.1.0 to latest