Add a Supervisor Service to vCenter Server

You can add Supervisor Services to the vCenter Server system where your vSphere with Tanzu environment runs. After adding services to vCenter Server, you install Supervisor Services on Supervisor Clusters so that your DevOps engineers can use the services in Kubernetes workloads.

• Learn more about the supported Supervisor Services and how to download their service YAML files at http://vmware.com/go/supervisor-service.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have the Manage Supervisor Services privilege on the vCenter Server system where you add the service.

Procedure

1. From the vSphere Client home menu, select Workload Management.
2. Select Services.
3. Select a vCenter Server system from the drop-down menu at the top.
4. Drag and drop the service YAML file in the Add New Service card.

   
   
   

5. Click Next and accept the EULA if any.
6. Click Finish.

Results

The Supervisor Service and all of its information is registered with the vCenter Server system. The service is in Active state.

What to do next

Install the Supervisor Service on Supervisor Clusters so that your DevOps engineers can use it in Kubernetes workloads. See Install a Supervisor Service on Supervisor Clusters.