Before you install, configure and upgrade VMware Cloud Director™ Container Service Extension™, you must prepare your environment. The following list outlines the conditions that must be in place for VMware Cloud Director™ Container Service Extension™ to operate.

  • Ensure outbound Internet connectivity: To install Python and it's required packages for VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server.

  • Refer to the Product Interoperability Matrix to ensure that product versions are compatible with each other.

  • Refer to VMware Ports and Protocols to discover what ports must be open for VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension to operate.

  • Ensure you use one of the following Python library versions with a compatible operating system.

    Table 1.

    Supported Python Library

    Operating System

    3.10.2

    Photon OS 4

    3.7.3+, 3.8.x, 3.9.x or 3.10.x.

    Ubuntu, macOs, Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

    3.7.5

    Photon OS 3