Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1, you can create Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters by using the Kubernetes Container Clusters plug-in.
Prerequisites
- Verify that your service provider published the Kubernetes Container Clusters plug-in to your organization. Kubernetes Container Clusters is the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension plug-in for VMware Cloud Director. You can find the plug-in on the top navigation bar under .
- Verify that your service provider completed the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension 4.0 server setup, that assigns the Kubernetes Clusters right bundle automatically.
- Verify that your organization administrator has assigned the Kubernetes Cluster Author role to you. This role allows you to perform cluster management functions, such as creating, upgrading and deleting clusters.
Procedure
Review Cluster Status
When you create a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster in VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension, the following status appear:
Cluster Status | Description |
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Pending | The cluster request has not yet been processed by the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server. |
Creating | The cluster is currently being processed by the VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension server. |
Available | The cluster is ready for users to operate on and host workloads. |
Deleting | The cluster is being deleted |
Error | The cluster is in an error state.
Note: If you want to manually debug a cluster, turn off
auto repair on errors mode.
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