Install Application Configuration Service for VMware Tanzu

This topic tells you how to install Application Configuration Service for VMware Tanzu (commonly known as App Config Service) from the Tanzu Application Platform (commonly known as TAP) package repository.

Prerequisites

Before installing Application Configuration Service, complete all prerequisites to install Tanzu Application Platform. For more information, see Prerequisites.

Install

To install Application Configuration Service on a compliant Kubernetes cluster:

1. List version information for the package by running:

   tanzu package available list application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com --namespace tap-install
   

   For example:

   $ tanzu package available list application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com --namespace tap-install
   - Retrieving package versions for application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com...
   NAME                                                VERSION  RELEASED-AT
   application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com  2.0.0    2023-03-08 19:00:00 -0500 EST
   

2. (Optional) Make changes to the default installation settings by running:

   tanzu package available get application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com/VERSION-NUMBER \
   --values-schema --namespace tap-install
   

   Where VERSION-NUMBER is the number you discovered previously. For example, 2.0.0.

3. Install the package by running:

   tanzu package install application-configuration-service \
   --package application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com \
   --version VERSION -n tap-install \
   --values-file values.yaml
   

   Where VERSION is the version you want, such as 2.0.0. Using a values.yaml file is optional.

   For example:

   $ tanzu package install application-configuration-service \
   --package application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com \
   --version 2.0.0 -n tap-install
   
   Installing package 'application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com'
   Getting package metadata for 'application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com'
   Creating service account 'application-configuration-service-tap-install-sa'
   Creating cluster admin role 'application-configuration-service-tap-install-cluster-role'
   Creating cluster role binding 'application-configuration-service-tap-install-cluster-rolebinding'
   Creating package resource
   Waiting for 'PackageInstall' reconciliation for 'application-configuration-service'
   'PackageInstall' resource install status: Reconciling
   'PackageInstall' resource install status: ReconcileSucceeded
   
   Added installed package 'application-configuration-service'
   

4. Verify that you installed the package by running:

   tanzu package installed get application-configuration-service -n tap-install
   

   For example:

   $ tanzu package installed get application-configuration-service -n tap-install
   
   NAME:                    application-configuration-service
   PACKAGE-NAME:            application-configuration-service.tanzu.vmware.com
   PACKAGE-VERSION:         2.0.0
   STATUS:                  Reconcile succeeded
   CONDITIONS:              [{ReconcileSucceeded True  }]
   USEFUL-ERROR-MESSAGE: