Installing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition on vSphere

This topic describes options for installing VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI) on vSphere.

Overview

You can install TKGI on vSphere in four ways:

• Install TKGI on vSphere with the Management Console
• Install TKGI on vSphere with NSX Using Ops Manager
• Install TKGI on vSphere with Flannel Using Ops Manager
• Install TKGI on VMware Cloud Foundation

Which way you chose to install TKGI depends on whether you use the TKGI Management Console, and which container networking overlay you use.

Where possible, VMware recommends using the TKGI Management Console to install TKGI on vSphere. For more information, see Decide When to Use Management Console in Install Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition on vSphere with the Management Console.