Installing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition

This topics below describe how to install and configure VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI).

Overview

You can install TKGI manually as a VMware Tanzu Operations Manager (Ops Manager) tile or use the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition Management Console which provides a graphical user interface to assist with configuring and deploying TKGI to vSphere.

To install and configure TKGI:

• Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition Management Console (vSphere Only)
• Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition on Ops Manager

TKGI Management Console (vSphere Only)

See the following documentation for the TKGI Management Console, which is the recommended method for installing TKGI on vSphere:

• Install Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition on vSphere with the Management Console

For more information, see When Should I Use Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition Management Console?.

TKGI on Ops Manager

To manually install TKGI on Ops Manager:

• vSphere (Antrea and Flannel Networking)
• vSphere (NSX Networking)
• Google Cloud Platform (Antrea and Flannel Networking)
• Amazon Web Services (Antrea and Flannel Networking)
• Azure (Antrea and Flannel Networking)

Note: Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition supports air-gapped deployments on vSphere with Antrea or Flannel Networking or with NSX integration.