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VMware Cloud on AWS Deep Dive – Activating, Deploying and Using the managed Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service

In this blog post I’m going to deep dive into the end-to-end activation, deployment, and consuming of the managed Tanzu Services (Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service > TKGS) within a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC. I’ll deploy a Tanzu Cluster inside a vSphere Namespace, and then deploy my trusty Pac-Man application and make it Publicly Accessible. … Continue reading VMware Cloud on AWS Deep Dive – Activating, Deploying and Using the managed Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service

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EKS – Kubectl – Unable to connect to the server – Exec plugin is configured to use API version client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1

The Issue After moving my life over to a new Macbook and installing the latest AWS CLI tools including “aws-iam-authenticator” tool, I couldn’t run commands against my EKS Clusters. I kept hitting the following issue; > kubectl get pods Unable to connect to the server: getting credentials: exec plugin is configured to use API version client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1, … Continue reading EKS – Kubectl – Unable to connect to the server – Exec plugin is configured to use API version client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1

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OpenShift 4.10 on VMware – Introducing the out-of-the-box vSphere CSI Driver installation

OpenShift Container Platform defaults to using an in-tree (non-CSI) plug-in to provision vSphere storage. What’s New? In OpenShift 4.9, the out-of-the-box installation of the vSphere CSI driver was tech preview. This has now moved to GA! This means during an Installer-Provisioned-Installation cluster bring up, the vSphere CSI driver will be enabled. This is part of … Continue reading OpenShift 4.10 on VMware – Introducing the out-of-the-box vSphere CSI Driver installation

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Exploring the Git command line – A getting started guide

What is Git? Git is distributed version control software. Version Control is the ability to save and track changes over time, without interfering with previous versions. As the software is distributed, it means all users can have a copy of an entire repository, containing all commits, branches, and files. There are a few things you … Continue reading Exploring the Git command line – A getting started guide

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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