The building blocks of Tanzu Application Platform

Tanzu Application Platform is an opinionated set of technologies working together to deliver significant outcomes for platform operators, developers, and security professionals. Covering each component in depth would require more space than this chapter allows, so I encourage you to visit the official documentation for more detail on any of these components.

The diagram that follows offers a high-level view of Tanzu Application Platform:

Figure 8.1 – Tanzu Application Platform components

This diagram attempts to group and categorize the various components. Here’s a breakdown of the products that follow the hierarchy from the diagram:

• Developer Tools: In the previous section, we mentioned that Tanzu Application Platform is a ramp for developers to get onto Kubernetes, as well as a platform designed to make them as efficient and productive as possible. Here are the components that...