This section details L4 service provider and tenant user configuration.

Note: This configuration is a prerequisite for VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension cluster creation. For more information, see Before you begin.

Service Provider Configuration

The load balancers using the Kubernetes Cloud Provider for VMware Cloud Director require a preconfigured NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, NSX Cloud, and NSX Advanced Load Balancer Service Engine Group. The service provider performs this preconfiguration. Follow best practices of NSX Advanced Load Balancer with VMware Cloud Director for a multi-tenant environment.

It is necessary to activate the LoadBalancer section of the Edge Gateway for a tenant user, and the appropriate NSX Advanced Load Balancer Service Engine Group must be configured into the Edge Gateway. This is used to create Virtual Services when a LoadBalancer request is made from Kubernetes.

Tenant User Configuration

It is necessary to add a NSX Advanced Load Balancer Service Engine Group to the gateway of the tenant organization virtual data center that creates the Kubernetes cluster. For more information, refer to Enable Load Balancer on an NSX-T Data Center Edge Gateway.