This topic describes the steps required to create service accounts for VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Note: Support for GCP is deprecated and will be entirely removed in a future TKGI version.
In order for Kubernetes to create load balancers and attach persistent disks to pods, you must create service accounts with sufficient permissions.
Note: VMware recommends configuring each service account with the least permissive privileges and unique credentials.
You must create separate service accounts for Kubernetes cluster control plane and worker node VMs:
To create a service account for the control plane nodes:
To create a service account for worker nodes:
To create a load balancer in GCP, follow the instructions in Creating a GCP Load Balancer for the TKGI API.