VMware NSX-T 2.4.x and Kubernetes (K8S) Guide

UPDATE : NSX-T 2.5.0 and Kubernetes Guide is published here

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The goal of this series of posts is to outline and explain the steps to integrate VMware NSX-T Platform to Kubernetes control plane.

Software components used are shown below.

vCenter 6.7 U1b (Build 11727113)
ESX 6.7 U2 (Build 13006603)
NSX-T 2.4.1 (Build 13716579)
NSX Container Plugin 2.4.1 (Build 13515827)
Ubuntu Server 16.04.5
Docker CE 18.09.6
Kubernetes 1.14.2
Open vSwitch 2.10.2.13185890

It is highly recommended to check the following resources for compatibility requirements

VMware Product Interoperability Matrices
https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php#interop&175=&2=&1=
NSX Container Plugin 2.4.1 Release Notes
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-T-Data-Center/2.4.1/rn/NSX-Container-Plugin-241-Release-Notes.html

This series does NOT provide the generic intro level information on NSX-T or K8S. To have a basic understanding of NSX-T please watch the VMworld session recordings. Similarly for K8S, Pluralsight and A Cloud Guru trainings by Nigel Poulton and Udemy trainings by Mumshad Mannambeth is highly recommended.