Install Tanzu Application Platform on your OpenShift clusters

This topic tells you how to install Tanzu Application Platform (commonly known as TAP) packages on your OpenShift clusters.

Before installing the packages, ensure you have:

Completed the Prerequisites.
Configured and verified the cluster.
Installed Tanzu CLI with any required plug-ins.

Relocate images to a registry

Before installation, you must relocate the Tanzu Application Platform images from tanzu.packages.broadcom.com to your own container image registry.

The supported registries are Harbor, Azure Container Registry, Google Container Registry, and Quay.io. See the following documentation to learn how to set up your container image registry:

To relocate images from tanzu.packages.broadcom.com to your registry:

Retrieve your Broadcom registry API token:
1. Sign in to the Broadcom Support Portal.
2. Go to Tanzu Application Platform (TAP) and expand the VMware Tanzu Application Platform dropdown.
3. Click the Token Download icon next to the Tanzu Application Platform version you want to download.
4. Follow the instructions in the dialog box. Save the token as a variable named MY_BROADCOM_SUPPORT_ACCESS_TOKEN. For example:
```
export MY_BROADCOM_SUPPORT_ACCESS_TOKEN=API-TOKEN
```
  Where API-TOKEN is your token from the Broadcom Support Portal.

Set up environment variables for installation use by running:

# Set tanzu.packages.broadcom.com as the source registry to copy the Tanzu Application Platform packages from.
export IMGPKG_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME_0=tanzu.packages.broadcom.com
export IMGPKG_REGISTRY_USERNAME_0=MY-BROADCOM-SUPPORT-USERNAME
export IMGPKG_REGISTRY_PASSWORD_0=${MY_BROADCOM_SUPPORT_ACCESS_TOKEN}

# The user’s registry for copying the Tanzu Application Platform package to.
export IMGPKG_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME_1=MY-REGISTRY
export IMGPKG_REGISTRY_USERNAME_1=MY-REGISTRY-USER
export IMGPKG_REGISTRY_PASSWORD_1=MY-REGISTRY-PASSWORD
# These environment variables starting with IMGPKG_* are used by the imgpkg command only.

# The registry from which the Tanzu Application Platform package is retrieved.
export INSTALL_REGISTRY_USERNAME="${IMGPKG_REGISTRY_USERNAME_1}"
export INSTALL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD="${IMGPKG_REGISTRY_PASSWORD_1}"
export INSTALL_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME="${IMGPKG_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME_1}"
export TAP_VERSION=VERSION-NUMBER
export INSTALL_REPO=TARGET-REPOSITORY

Where:

MY-BROADCOM-SUPPORT-USERNAME is the user with access to the images in tanzu.packages.broadcom.com.
MY-REGISTRY is your own container registry.
MY-REGISTRY-USER is the user with write access to MY-REGISTRY.
MY-REGISTRY-PASSWORD is the password for MY-REGISTRY-USER.
VERSION-NUMBER is your Tanzu Application Platform version. For example, 1.6.13.
TARGET-REPOSITORY is your target repository. This is a folder or repository on MY-REGISTRY that serves as the location for the Tanzu Application Platform installation files.

Install the Carvel tool imgpkg CLI.

Relocate the images with the imgpkg CLI by running:

imgpkg copy -b tanzu.packages.broadcom.comb/tanzu-application-platform/tap-packages:${TAP_VERSION} --to-repo ${INSTALL_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}/${INSTALL_REPO}/tap-packages

Add the Tanzu Application Platform package repository

Tanzu CLI packages are available through repositories. Adding the Tanzu Application Platform package repository makes Tanzu Application Platform and its packages available for installation.

To add the Tanzu Application Platform package repository to your cluster:

Create a namespace called tap-install for deploying any component packages by running:
```
kubectl create ns tap-install
```
This namespace keeps the objects grouped together logically.

Create a registry secret by running:

tanzu secret registry add tap-registry \
  --username ${INSTALL_REGISTRY_USERNAME} --password ${INSTALL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} \
  --server ${INSTALL_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME} \
  --export-to-all-namespaces --yes --namespace tap-install

(Optional) Create a registry secret for your writable image repository used for:
- Tanzu Build Service Dependencies
- Workloads when using the shared.image_registry key
```
tanzu secret registry add image-registry-creds \
  --server "${REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}" \
  --username "${REGISTRY_USERNAME}" \
  --password "${REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" \
  --namespace tap-install
```
Where:
- REGISTRY_HOSTNAME is the host name for the registry that contains your writable repository. Examples:
  - Harbor has the form --server "my-harbor.io".
  - Docker Hub has the form --server "index.docker.io".
  - Google Cloud Registry has the form --server "gcr.io".
- REGISTRY_USERNAME and REGISTRY_PASSWORD are the user name and password for the user that can write to the repository used in the following step. For Google Cloud Registry, use _json_key as the user name and the contents of the service account JSON file for the password.
Note
If using the same repository as tap-registry, you can skip this step and use the tap-registry secret in your tap-values.yaml instead of image-registry-creds.

Add the Tanzu Application Platform package repository to the cluster by running:

tanzu package repository add tanzu-tap-repository \
  --url ${INSTALL_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}/${INSTALL_REPO}/tap-packages:$TAP_VERSION \
  --namespace tap-install

Get the status of the Tanzu Application Platform package repository, and ensure the status updates to Reconcile succeeded by running:

tanzu package repository get tanzu-tap-repository --namespace tap-install

For example:

$ tanzu package repository get tanzu-tap-repository --namespace tap-install
- Retrieving repository tap...
NAME:          tanzu-tap-repository
VERSION:       16253001
REPOSITORY:    tapmdc.azurecr.io/mdc/1.4.0/tap-packages
TAG:           1.6.13
STATUS:        Reconcile succeeded
REASON:

Note
The VERSION and TAG numbers differ from the earlier example if you are on Tanzu Application Platform v1.0.2 or earlier.

List the available packages by running:

tanzu package available list --namespace tap-install

For example:

$ tanzu package available list --namespace tap-install
/ Retrieving available packages...
  NAME                                                 DISPLAY-NAME                                                              SHORT-DESCRIPTION
  accelerator.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                    Application Accelerator for VMware Tanzu                                  Used to create new projects and configurations.
  api-portal.tanzu.vmware.com                          API portal                                                                A unified user interface for API discovery and exploration at scale.
  apis.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                           API Auto Registration for VMware Tanzu                                    A TAP component to automatically register API exposing workloads as API entities
                                                                                                                                 in TAP GUI.
  backend.appliveview.tanzu.vmware.com                 Application Live View for VMware Tanzu                                    App for monitoring and troubleshooting running apps
  buildservice.tanzu.vmware.com                        Tanzu Build Service                                                       Tanzu Build Service enables the building and automation of containerized
                                                                                                                                 software workflows securely and at scale.
  carbonblack.scanning.apps.tanzu.vmware.com           VMware Carbon Black for Supply Chain Security Tools - Scan                Default scan templates using VMware Carbon Black
  cartographer.tanzu.vmware.com                        Cartographer                                                              Kubernetes native Supply Chain Choreographer.
  cnrs.tanzu.vmware.com                                Cloud Native Runtimes                                                     Cloud Native Runtimes is a serverless runtime based on Knative
  connector.appliveview.tanzu.vmware.com               Application Live View Connector for VMware Tanzu                          App for discovering and registering running apps
  controller.source.apps.tanzu.vmware.com              Tanzu Source Controller                                                   Tanzu Source Controller enables workload create/update from source code.
  conventions.appliveview.tanzu.vmware.com             Application Live View Conventions for VMware Tanzu                        Application Live View convention server
  developer-conventions.tanzu.vmware.com               Tanzu App Platform Developer Conventions                                  Developer Conventions
  eventing.tanzu.vmware.com                            Eventing                                                                  Eventing is an event-driven architecture platform based on Knative Eventing
  external-secrets.apps.tanzu.vmware.com               External Secrets Operator                                                 External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates external
                                                                                                                                 secret management systems.
  fluxcd.source.controller.tanzu.vmware.com            Flux Source Controller                                                    The source-controller is a Kubernetes operator, specialised in artifacts
                                                                                                                                 acquisition from external sources such as Git, Helm repositories and S3 buckets.
  grype.scanning.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                 Grype for Supply Chain Security Tools - Scan                              Default scan templates using Anchore Grype
  learningcenter.tanzu.vmware.com                      Learning Center for Tanzu Application Platform                            Guided technical workshops
  metadata-store.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                 Supply Chain Security Tools - Store                                       Post SBoMs and query for image, package, and vulnerability metadata.
  namespace-provisioner.apps.tanzu.vmware.com          Namespace Provisioner                                                     Automatic Provisioning of Developer Namespaces.
  ootb-delivery-basic.tanzu.vmware.com                 Tanzu App Platform Out of The Box Delivery Basic                          Out of The Box Delivery Basic.
  ootb-supply-chain-basic.tanzu.vmware.com             Tanzu App Platform Out of The Box Supply Chain Basic                      Out of The Box Supply Chain Basic.
  ootb-supply-chain-testing-scanning.tanzu.vmware.com  Tanzu App Platform Out of The Box Supply Chain with Testing and Scanning  Out of The Box Supply Chain with Testing and Scanning.
  ootb-supply-chain-testing.tanzu.vmware.com           Tanzu App Platform Out of The Box Supply Chain with Testing               Out of The Box Supply Chain with Testing.
  ootb-templates.tanzu.vmware.com                      Tanzu App Platform Out of The Box Templates                               Out of The Box Templates.
  policy.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                         Supply Chain Security Tools - Policy Controller                           Policy Controller enables defining of a policy to restrict unsigned container
                                                                                                                                 images.
  scanning.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                       Supply Chain Security Tools - Scan                                        Scan for vulnerabilities and enforce policies directly within Kubernetes native
                                                                                                                                 Supply Chains.
  service-bindings.labs.vmware.com                     Service Bindings for Kubernetes                                           Service Bindings for Kubernetes implements the Service Binding Specification.
  services-toolkit.tanzu.vmware.com                    Services Toolkit                                                          The Services Toolkit enables the management, lifecycle, discoverability and
                                                                                                                                 connectivity of Service Resources (databases, message queues, DNS records,
                                                                                                                                 etc.).
  snyk.scanning.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                  Snyk for Supply Chain Security Tools - Scan                               Default scan templates using Snyk
  spring-boot-conventions.tanzu.vmware.com             Tanzu Spring Boot Conventions Server                                      Default Spring Boot convention server.
  sso.apps.tanzu.vmware.com                            AppSSO                                                                    Application Single Sign-On for Tanzu
  tap-auth.tanzu.vmware.com                            Default roles for Tanzu Application Platform                              Default roles for Tanzu Application Platform
  tap-gui.tanzu.vmware.com                             Tanzu Application Platform GUI                                            web app graphical user interface for Tanzu Application Platform
  tap-telemetry.tanzu.vmware.com                       Telemetry Collector for Tanzu Application Platform                        Tanzu Application Platform Telemetry
  tap.tanzu.vmware.com                                 Tanzu Application Platform                                                Package to install a set of TAP components to get you started based on your use
                                                                                                                                 case.
  tekton.tanzu.vmware.com                              Tekton Pipelines                                                          Tekton Pipelines is a framework for creating CI/CD systems.
  workshops.learningcenter.tanzu.vmware.com            Workshop Building Tutorial                                                Workshop Building Tutorial

Install your Tanzu Application Platform profile

The tap.tanzu.vmware.com package installs predefined sets of packages based on your profile settings. This is done by using the package manager installed by Tanzu Cluster Essentials.

For more information about profiles, see Components and installation profiles.

To prepare to install a profile:

List version information for the package by running:

tanzu package available list tap.tanzu.vmware.com --namespace tap-install

Create a tap-values.yaml file by using the Full Profile sample in the following section as a guide. These samples have the minimum configuration required to deploy Tanzu Application Platform. The sample values file contains the necessary defaults for:
- The meta-package, or parent Tanzu Application Platform package.
- Subordinate packages, or individual child packages.
Keep the values file for future configuration use.

Note
tap-values.yaml is set as a Kubernetes secret, which provides secure means to read credentials for Tanzu Application Platform components.
View possible configuration settings for your package

Full profile

The following is the YAML file sample for the full-profile. The profile: field takes full as the default value, but you can also set it to iterate, build, run or view. Refer to Install multicluster Tanzu Application Platform profiles for more information.

shared:
  ingress_domain: "INGRESS-DOMAIN"
  image_registry:
    project_path: "SERVER-NAME/REPO-NAME"
    secret:
      name: image-registry-creds
      namespace: tap-install
  kubernetes_distribution: "openshift" # To be passed only for OpenShift. Defaults to "".
  kubernetes_version: "K8S-VERSION"
  ca_cert_data: | # To be passed if using custom certificates.
      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      MIIFXzCCA0egAwIBAgIJAJYm37SFocjlMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBDQUAMEY...
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----

ceip_policy_disclosed: FALSE-OR-TRUE-VALUE # Installation fails if this is not set to true. Not a string.

#The above keys are minimum numbers of entries needed in tap-values.yaml to get a functioning TAP Full profile installation.

#Below are the keys which may have default values set, but can be overridden.

profile: full # Can take iterate, build, run, view.

supply_chain: basic # Can take testing, testing_scanning.

ootb_supply_chain_basic: # Based on supply_chain set above, can be changed to ootb_supply_chain_testing, ootb_supply_chain_testing_scanning.
  registry:
    server: "SERVER-NAME" # Takes the value from shared section above by default, but can be overridden by setting a different value.
    repository: "REPO-NAME" # Takes the value from shared section above by default, but can be overridden by setting a different value.
  gitops:
    ssh_secret: "SSH-SECRET-KEY" # Takes "" as value by default; but can be overridden by setting a different value.

contour:
  envoy:
    service:
      type: LoadBalancer # This is set by default, but can be overridden by setting a different value.

buildservice:
  kp_default_repository: "KP-DEFAULT-REPO"
  kp_default_repository_secret: # Takes the value from the shared section by default, but can be overridden by setting a different value.
    name: image-registry-creds
    namespace: tap-install

local_source_proxy:
  # Takes the value from the project_path under the image_registry section of shared by default, but can be overridden by setting a different value.
  repository: "EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE"
  push_secret:
    # When set to true, the secret mentioned in this section is automatically exported to Local Source Proxy's namespace.
    name: "EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE-SECRET"
    namespace: "EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE-SECRET-NAMESPACE"
    # When set to true, the secret mentioned in this section is automatically exported to Local Source Proxy's namespace.
    create_export: true

tap_gui:
  app_config:
    auth:
      allowGuestAccess: true  # This allows unauthenticated users to log in to your portal. If you want to deactivate it, make sure you configure an alternative auth provider.
    catalog:
      locations:
        - type: url
          target: https://GIT-CATALOG-URL/catalog-info.yaml

metadata_store:
  ns_for_export_app_cert: "MY-DEV-NAMESPACE"
  app_service_type: ClusterIP # Defaults to LoadBalancer. If shared.ingress_domain is set earlier, this must be set to ClusterIP.

scanning:
  metadataStore:
    url: "" # Configuration is moved, so set this string to empty.

Important
Installing Grype by using tap-values.yaml as follows is deprecated in v1.6 and will be removed in v1.8:
grype:
  namespace: "MY-DEV-NAMESPACE"
  targetImagePullSecret: "TARGET-REGISTRY-CREDENTIALS-SECRET"
You can install Grype by using Namespace Provisioner instead.

Where:

INGRESS-DOMAIN is the subdomain for the host name that you point at the tanzu-shared-ingress service’s External IP address.
KP-DEFAULT-REPO is a writable repository in your registry. Tanzu Build Service dependencies are written to this location. Examples:
- Harbor has the form kp_default_repository: "my-harbor.io/my-project/build-service".
- Docker Hub has the form kp_default_repository: "my-dockerhub-user/build-service" or kp_default_repository: "index.docker.io/my-user/build-service".
- Google Cloud Registry has the form kp_default_repository: "gcr.io/my-project/build-service".
K8S-VERSION is the Kubernetes version used by your OpenShift cluster. It must be in the form of 1.25.x or 1.26.x, where x stands for the patch version. Examples:
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform v4.12 uses the Kubernetes version 1.25.2.
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform v4.13 uses the Kubernetes version 1.26.3.
SERVER-NAME is the host name of the registry server. Examples:
- Harbor has the form server: "my-harbor.io".
- Docker Hub has the form server: "index.docker.io".
- Google Cloud Registry has the form server: "gcr.io".
REPO-NAME is where workload images are stored in the registry. If this key is passed through the shared section earlier and AWS ECR registry is used, you must ensure that the SERVER-NAME/REPO-NAME/buildservice and SERVER-NAME/REPO-NAME/workloads exist. AWS ECR expects the paths to be pre-created. Images are written to SERVER-NAME/REPO-NAME/workload-name. Examples:
- Harbor has the form repository: "my-project/supply-chain".
- Docker Hub has the form repository: "my-dockerhub-user".
- Google Cloud Registry has the form repository: "my-project/supply-chain".
EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE is where the developer’s local source is uploaded when using Tanzu CLI to use Local Source Proxy for workload creation.

If an AWS ECR registry is being used, ensure that the repository already exists. AWS ECR expects the repository path to already exist. This destination is represented as REGISTRY-SERVER/REPOSITORY-PATH. For more information, see Install Local Source Proxy.
EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE-SECRET is the name of the secret with credentials that allow pushing to the EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE repository.
EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE-SECRET-NAMESPACE is the namespace in which EXTERNAL-REGISTRY-FOR-LOCAL-SOURCE-SECRET is available.
SSH-SECRET-KEY is the SSH secret key in the developer namespace for the supply chain to fetch source code from and push configuration to. This field is only required if you use a private repository, otherwise, leave it empty. See Git authentication for more information.
GIT-CATALOG-URL is the path to the catalog-info.yaml catalog definition file. You can download either a blank or populated catalog file from the Broadcom Support Portal (file name Tanzu Application Platform Developer Portal Blank Catalog or Tanzu Application Platform Developer Portal Yelb Catalog). Otherwise, you can use a Backstage-compliant catalog you’ve already built and posted on the Git infrastructure.
MY-DEV-NAMESPACE is the name of the developer namespace. SCST - Store exports secrets to the namespace, and SCST - Scan deploys the ScanTemplates there. This allows the scanning feature to run in this namespace. If there are multiple developer namespaces, use ns_for_export_app_cert: "*" to export the SCST - Store CA certificate to all namespaces.
TARGET-REGISTRY-CREDENTIALS-SECRET is the name of the secret that contains the credentials to pull an image from the registry for scanning.

Tanzu Application Platform is part of VMware’s CEIP program where data is collected to help improve the customer experience. By setting ceip_policy_disclosed to true (not a string), you acknowledge the program is disclosed to you and you are aware data collection is happening. This field must be set for the installation to be completed. See Opt out of telemetry collection for more information.

If you use custom CA certificates, you must provide one or more PEM-encoded CA certificates under the ca_cert_data key. If you configured shared.ca_cert_data, Tanzu Application Platform component packages inherit that value by default.

If you use AWS, the default settings creates a classic LoadBalancer. To use the Network LoadBalancer instead of the classic LoadBalancer for ingress, add the following to your tap-values.yaml:

contour:
  infrastructure_provider: aws
  envoy:
    service:
      aws:
        LBType: nlb

(Optional) Additional Build Service configurations

The following tasks are optional during the Tanzu Application Platform installation process:

(Optional) Configure your profile with full dependencies
(Optional) Configure your profile with the Jammy stack only

(Optional) Configure your profile with full dependencies

When you install a profile that includes Tanzu Build Service, Tanzu Application Platform is installed with the lite set of dependencies. These dependencies consist of buildpacks and stacks required for application builds.

The lite set of dependencies do not contain all buildpacks and stacks. To use all buildpacks and stacks, you must install the full dependencies. For more information about the differences between lite and full dependencies, see About lite and full dependencies.

To configure full dependencies, add the key-value pair exclude_dependencies: true to your tap-values.yaml file under the buildservice section. For example:

buildservice:
  ...
  exclude_dependencies: true
  ...

After configuring full dependencies, you must install the dependencies after you have finished installing your Tanzu Application Platform package. See Install the full dependencies package for more information.

(Optional) Configure your profile with the Jammy stack only

Tanzu Application Platform v1.5.0 supports building applications with both the Ubuntu v22.04 (Jammy) and v18.04 (Bionic) stack. For more information, see Bionic and Jammy stacks.

To install Tanzu Application Platform with Jammy as the only available stack, include the stack_configuration: jammy-only field under the buildservice: section in tap-values.yaml.

Security Context Constraints

Security Context Constraints (SCC) define a set of rules that a pod must satisfy to be created. Tanzu Application Platform components use the built-in nonroot-v2 or restricted-v2 SCC.

In Red Hat OpenShift, SCC are used to restrict privileges for pods. In Tanzu Application Platform v1.4 there is no custom SCC.

Tanzu Application Platform packages reconcile without any issues when using OpenShift v4.11 with restricted-v2 or nonroot-v2.

(Optional) Exclude components that require RedHat OpenShift privileged SCC

Learning Center package uses privileged SCC. To exclude this package, update your tap-values file with a section listing the exclusions:

...
excluded_packages:
  - learningcenter.tanzu.vmware.com
  - workshops.learningcenter.tanzu.vmware.com
...

See Exclude packages from a Tanzu Application Platform profile for more information.

Install your Tanzu Application Platform package

Follow these steps to install the Tanzu Application Platform package:

Install the package by running:

tanzu package install tap -p tap.tanzu.vmware.com -v $TAP_VERSION --values-file tap-values.yaml -n tap-install

Verify the package install by running:
```
tanzu package installed get tap -n tap-install
```
This can take 5-10 minutes because it installs several packages on your cluster.
Verify that the necessary packages in the profile are installed by running:
```
tanzu package installed list -A
```
If you configured full dependencies in your tbs-values.yaml file, install the full dependencies by following the procedure in Install full dependencies.

After installing the Full profile on your cluster, you can install the Tanzu Developer Tools for VS Code Extension to help you develop against it. For instructions, see Install Tanzu Developer Tools for your VS Code.

Note
You can run the following command after reconfiguring the profile to reinstall the Tanzu Application Platform:

tanzu package installed update tap -p tap.tanzu.vmware.com -v $TAP_VERSION  --values-file tap-values.yaml -n tap-install

Install the full dependencies package

If you configured full dependencies in your tap-values.yaml file in Configure your profile with full dependencies earlier, you must install the full dependencies package.

For more information about the differences between lite and full dependencies, see About lite and full dependencies.

To install the full dependencies package:

If you have not done so already, add the key-value pair exclude_dependencies: true to your tap-values.yaml file under the buildservice section. For example:
```
buildservice:
  ...
  exclude_dependencies: true
  ...
```

Get the latest version of the tap package by running:

tanzu package available list tap.tanzu.vmware.com --namespace tap-install

Relocate the Tanzu Build Service full dependencies package repository by running:

imgpkg copy -b tanzu.packages.broadcom.com/tanzu-application-platform/full-deps-package-repo:VERSION \
  --to-repo ${INSTALL_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}/${INSTALL_REPO}/full-deps-package-repo

Where VERSION is the version of the tap package you retrieved in the previous step.

Add the Tanzu Build Service full dependencies package repository by running:

tanzu package repository add full-deps-package-repo \
  --url ${INSTALL_REGISTRY_HOSTNAME}/${INSTALL_REPO}/full-deps-package-repo:VERSION \
  --namespace tap-install

Where VERSION is the version of the tap package you retrieved earlier.

Install the full dependencies package by running:

tanzu package install full-deps -p full-deps.buildservice.tanzu.vmware.com -v "> 0.0.0" -n tap-install --values-file PATH-TO-TAP-VALUES-FILE

Access Tanzu Developer Portal

To access Tanzu Developer Portal (formerly named Tanzu Application Platform GUI), you can use the host name that you configured earlier. This host name is pointed at the shared ingress. To configure LoadBalancer for Tanzu Developer Portal, see Access Tanzu Developer Portal.

You’re now ready to start using Tanzu Developer Portal. Proceed to the Getting Started topic or the Tanzu Developer Portal - Catalog Operations topic.

Exclude packages from a Tanzu Application Platform profile

To exclude packages from a Tanzu Application Platform profile:

Find the full subordinate (child) package name:

tanzu package available list --namespace tap-install

Update your tap-values file with a section listing the exclusions:

profile: PROFILE-VALUE
excluded_packages:
  - tap-gui.tanzu.vmware.com
  - service-bindings.lab.vmware.com

Important
If you exclude a package after performing a profile installation including that package, you cannot see the accurate package states immediately after running tap package installed list -n tap-install. Also, you can break package dependencies by removing a package. Allow 20 minutes to verify that all packages have reconciled correctly while troubleshooting.