Configuring and working with the Cloud Consumption Interface

The Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI) enables DevOps users to work with vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Namespaces and associated services to deliver simple, self-service consumption of Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure resources for VMware Cloud environments.

CCI is a flexible VMware Aria Automation-based feature set that enables consumers to rapidly create and consume cloud native and traditional IT infrastructure resources. It aggregates and exposes Supervisor IaaS services from across vSphere infrastructure into a common endpoint.

A vSphere+ cloud administrator can activate the Developer Experience service in vSphere+ to activate the Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI) in Automation Service Broker and grant users access to a project and other infrastructure. Designated users receive access to CCI according to the configuration defined by their administrator. Administrators can also use the CCI commnand line interface to set up CCI constructs, such as regions, and to configure user access.

Note: CCI is available only on USA based deployments.

When activated, using vSphere+, CCI enables users to create Supervisor Namespaces and to consume Supervisor IaaS services such as the virtual machine service, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service, volume service and network service. CCI uses the UI workflow or wizards that guide you through the process of using services to create virtual machines, and other resources. When you work with services, CCI automatically generates Kubernetes YAML that you can use to create similar IaaS resources using the command line or download and save to a suitable repository.

For more information about CCI features and how to configure them, see the CCI Video Series at https://bit.ly/3CT34Xv.