In this tutorial we’ll cover the basics of how to use Cluster API to create one or more Kubernetes clusters on VMware Cloud Director. This document expects the readers to be familiar with the Core CAPI terminology like management cluster and workload cluster.
Refer to Cloud Director setup for setting up the infrastructure and user roles.
Install below in your local environment
- Kubectl
- Kind and Docker
- Clusterctl
It is recommended for VCD organization administrator to create at least one management cluster per tenant. Refer to the detailed steps for setting up a management cluster.
Once the management cluster is set up for tenant users, individual tenant users can create their Kubernetes workload cluster(s) using Cluster API. Refer to the detailed steps for operating the workload clusters.