When creating a Kubernetes service, you have the option of automatically creating an external network load balancer. VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer is the designated external Load Balancer, which is created automatically when Tanzu Kubernetes Grid integrated with Telco Cloud Platform is used to create a Kubernetes service of type 'LoadBalancer'. VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer is previously called AVI Vantage Platform. Telco Cloud Platform uses Avi Kubernetes Operator to deploy Avi Service Engines for load balancing needs. The NSX Advanced Load Balancer deployment involves creating an Avi Service Engine (SE) that is programmed through Avi Controller to advertise Virtual IP Address (VIP) to upstream Routers using BGP and to forward requests backend to the underlying Kubernetes Pod.
Prerequisites
Deploy the Avi Controller on a vCenter Server. For more information, see Installing Avi Vantage for VMware vCenter.
