You can configure the control plane node, Kubernetes worker node, and memory reserve settings for NSX Application Platform deployments.
Note:
You cannot scale NSX Application Platform nodes using the Evaluation form factor. Scaling operation is only supported with the Advanced form factor.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the NSX Application Platform is successfully deployed. See Automating Deployment of the NSX Application Platform.
- Verify that you have adequate resources in your environment for the Advanced form factor.
Procedure
- From your browser, log in with Admin privileges to NSX Application Platform Automation Appliance at https://<nsx-application-platform-automation-ip-address>.
- In the Deployment Wizard page, click Start.
- In the Environment Configuration tab, accept the existing settings and skip to the NSX Application Platform configuration section.
- Configure NSX Application Platform instances details.
- Click the three dots under the Instance Name.
- Click Edit.
The Edit NAPP instance page opens.
- Keep the instance name, NSX IP address, FQDN, and credential settings.
- Click Next.
- Keep the product version settings.
- Set the form factor based on the number of nodes you plan to scale.
Form Factor Settings Advanced (all services) - Control Plane node- 4
- Worker node-3
- Resources- 16 vCPU, 64GB Memory
- Change the number of control plane or Kubernetes worker nodes on the form factor set in the previous step.
- Click Next.
- Keep the service and messaging name settings and click Next.
- Click Update.
- Select Configuration Complete, Run Precheck and click Run Precheck.
- Click Next.
- Keep the validated network traffic flows and click Next.
- Click Update & Deploy for the deployment wizard to update the vSphere with Tanzu deployment.
- Review the deployment status to make sure the deployment is successful.
You can view the implementation and status of the new form factor.
- If there is a vSphere with Tanzu deployment error, you must resolve it and click Update & Redeploy to proceed.
You can download the generated Kubeconfig file and store the offline copy of the token.
- In the vSphere Client, verify that the vSphere with Tanzu cluster is updated and powered on.
- Review the deployment status to make sure the deployment is successful.