Getting started with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
TKG, being a multi-cloud solution, can be installed on a vSphere-based on-premises environment, or Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS)-based public cloud platforms. To keep this chapter to an acceptable length, we will only cover how to install and configure a TKG foundation on AWS. You may find additional TKG installation and configuration details here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Kubernetes-Grid/1.5/vmware-tanzu-kubernetes-grid-15/GUID-mgmt-clusters-prepare-deployment.html.
We will perform the following tasks in this section:
- Configure the bootstrap machine – the operator workstation from where the installation will be triggered
- Deploy the TKG management cluster
- Create a TKG workload cluster using the management cluster
- Obtain access to the workload cluster
But before we do that, we need to ensure that the following prerequisites are met to complete these tasks.