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Jul, 2021
7
Jun, 2021
VMware Tanzu Mission Control (TMC) is now officially GA for VMware Cloud Provider Partners
Cloud, VMware Cloud, Kubernetes, Tanzu Mission ControlOn June 4, 2021 VMware Tanzu Mission Control (TMC) has become available to our VCPP Cloud Provider. It is a quite exciting news to many of our Managed Service Providers that are trying to offer Kubernetes added services across Multi-Cloud.
Tanzu Mission Control will help unlocks new opportunities for VMware cloud providers to offer Kubernetes (K8s) managed services for a multi-cloud. TMC can manage multi-tenant K8s clusters created on VMware Cloud Director (VCD) in addition to any CNCF conformant K8s clusters on public clouds as well. This includes the native K8s implementation at hyperscaler such as EKS, AKS, and GKE.
Here is a summary of the top features TMC will help our VMware Cloud Providers offer to their tenants:
- Cluster lifecycle management: Provision, scale, upgrade and delete Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters via Tanzu Mission Control across environments.
- Attaching clusters: Attach any conformant Kubernetes clusters running in other environments—either on-prem or in public clouds—to Tanzu Mission Control for centralized management.
- Centralized policy management: Apply consistent policies, such as access, security, and even custom policies to a fleet of clusters and namespaces at scale.
- Observability and diagnostics: Gain global observability of the health of clusters and workloads across clouds for quick diagnostics and troubleshooting.
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24
May, 2021
Thinking cloud? Think again.
Cloud Cloud, Cloud Computing 
It might have been around as a concept for more than a decade but, for many organizations, cloud computing is now becoming core to the way they can actually deliver their ‘business’. Others, however, are joining the ‘cloud club’ – often, it seems, without really knowing why. They just want cloud. The problem is, they […]
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6
May, 2021
VMware Cloud Director Cannot verify the Kubernetes API endpoint certificate on this Supervisor Cluster Error
Cloud, VMware Cloud, Container Service Extension, Kubernetes, vCloud DirectorWhile trying to Connect my VMware Cloud Director to my Tanzu Kubernetes Grid environment (TKGS) in vSphere 7 update 2, I kept hitting a certificate error. The error presented itself during the step to configure the Kubernetes policy for my Provider VDC. After following the wizard at:
Resources ==> Cloud Resources ==> Provider VDCs ==> Kubernetes.
The Wizard goes properly till I get to the Machine Classes tab which is where VMware Cloud Director get to check on the certificate of the supervisor cluster. That when the below error present itself:
“VMware Cloud Director cannot verify the Kubernetes API endpoint certificate on this Supervisor Cluster. It might be a vSphere generated default self-signed certificate or another invalid certificates. For the steps to install your own certificate, see Change the Kubernetes API Endpoint Certificate. For trusting the certificate, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80996”
The cause of the issue is the certificate structure of Tanzu Kubernetes in vCenter, The certificate of the Supervisor Cluster is not automatically trusted by VCD. Calls made to the Supervisor Cluster by VCD fail due to SSL errors. While I have this issue with VCD 10.2.2, it actually affected previous versions as well, especially when using self-signed certificates.
KB80996 article on how to fix this need to be updated with step marked in red below, but for those who needs to resolve the issue today, I wanted to document the steps in here.… Read More
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22
Mar, 2021
5 Steps to Build a Cloud Strategy on AWS
Cloud Cloud, Uncategorized 
Are you looking to build a cloud strategy on AWS? Amazon Web Services, commonly abbreviated as AWS, is a secure cloud services platform where you can use computer power to store your database info and perform other content delivery functions for your business. The worldwide cloud service helps you connect with businesses and clients from […]
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