Unboxing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

In this section, we will review all the building blocks of TKG, including its interface and core and extension components. After that, we will understand the core concepts of this platform to understand how it works. We have a long way to go, so let’s start.

Building blocks of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

As mentioned in the previous section, TKG is a collection of many open source tools that solve different problems that, together, make an enterprise-grade Kubernetes platform. We can distribute these components into three categories – interface, core, and extensions – as shown in Figure 7.2:

Figure 7.2 – Tanzu Kubernetes Grid bundle

Let’s review all these components to learn about their roles in the TKG bundle.

Interface components of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

As the name suggests, these components include TKG’s interfaces with users and infrastructure providers, including vSphere...