1 - Course Introduction

• Describe Virtual Machines and Containers
• Describe Container Hosts
• Describe Container Engines
• Describe Dockerfile
• Describe Container Images
• Describe Image Registry
• Describe the purpose and functionality of Kubernetes
• Describe Manifest YAML files
• Explain Pod YAML files
• Explain ReplicaSets
• Explain Services
• Explain Deployments

2 - Introduction to vSphere with Kubernetes

• Describe the purpose and functionality of vSphere with Kubernetes
• Explain the integration with VMware Tanzu™ Mission Control™
• Describe the capabilities of vSphere with Kubernetes
• Describe the components of vSphere with Kubernetes
• Contrast vSphere with Kubernetes to traditional Kubernetes
• Describe the requirements for vSphere with Kubernetes
• Prepare a vSphere cluster for vSphere with Kubernetes
• Describe the NSX components required for vSphere with Kubernetes
• Describe the network topology of vSphere with Kubernetes
• Explain the networking requirements of vSphere with Kubernetes
• Compare NSX networking objects with Kubernetes networking objects

3 - vSphere with Kubernetes Core Services

• Explain the architecture of the vSphere with Kubernetes Core Services
• Describe the Container Service
• Describe the Volume Service
• Describe the Network Service
• Describe the Registry Service
• Describe the use cases of vSphere with Kubernetes
• Enable vSphere with Kubernetes
• Deploy VMware Harbor Registry
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4 - vSpherewith Kubernetes Namespaces

• Describe a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace
• Contrast a vSphere with Kubernetes namespace to a traditional Kubernetes namespace
• Describe Resource Quotas
• Explain Authentication and Authorization to vSphere with Kubernetes
• Explain the use cases of namespaces
• Create a namespace
• Describe kubectl
• Use kubectl to interact with vSphere with Kubernetes
• Describe using kubectl pod deployment
• Explain scaling a pod deployment
• Explain managing pod lifecycle
• Explain deleting pods
• Use kubectl to deploy a pod
• Use kubectl to scale a pod
• Use kubectl to switch between namespaces

5 - VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service

• Explain Tanzu Kubernetes Grid service
• Describe the use cases for Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Describe the integration with Tanzu Mission Control
• Explain the lifecycle of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster
• Deploy pods to a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster

6 - Monitoring and Troubleshooting

• Describe the monitoring tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
• Describe the troubleshooting tools for vSphere with Kubernetes
• Explain cluster, node, and namespace health
• Explain usage and capacity monitoring
• Describe vCenter Server events
• Describe vSphere with Kubernetes events
• Gather support information

7 - vSphere with Kubernetes Lifecycle

• Describe the vSphere with Kubernetes lifecycle
• Describe the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid lifecycle
• Describe scaling a vSphere with Kubernetes cluster
• Update vSphere with Kubernetes
• Update Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters
• Remove vSphere with Kubernetes