Get started with Tanzu Application Platform

Welcome to Tanzu Application Platform (commonly known as TAP). The guides in this section provide hands-on instructions for developers and operators to help you get started on Tanzu Application Platform.

In addition to the resources provided in this Get started guide, VMware also provides developer and operator focused courses, and an experimental developer sandbox environment in Tanzu Academy.

Prerequisites

Before you start, verify you have successfully:

Installed Tanzu Application Platform
See Installing Tanzu Application Platform.
Installed Tanzu Application Platform on the target Kubernetes cluster
See Installing the Tanzu CLI and Installing the Tanzu Application Platform Package and Profiles.
Set the default kubeconfig context to the target Kubernetes cluster
See Changing clusters.
Installed Out of The Box (OOTB) Supply Chain Basic
See Install Out of The Box Supply Chain Basic. If you used the default profiles provided in Installing the Tanzu Application Platform Package and Profiles, you have already installed the Out of The Box (OOTB) Supply Chain Basic.
Installed Tekton Pipelines
See Install Tekton Pipelines. If you used the default profiles provided in Installing the Tanzu Application Platform Package and Profiles, you have already installed Tekton Pipelines.
Set up a developer namespace to accommodate the developer workload
See Set up developer namespaces to use your installed packages.
Installed Tanzu Developer Portal
See Install Tanzu Developer Portal. If you used the Full or View profiles provided in Installing the Tanzu Application Platform Package and Profiles, you have already installed Tanzu Developer Portal.
Installed the VS Code Tanzu Extension
See Install the Visual Studio Code Tanzu Extension for instructions.

When you have completed these prerequisites, you are ready to get started.

Next steps

For developers:

For operators: