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How to download offline copy of the Tanzu Kubernetes releases (TKr) Content Library?

10.10.2023 by William Lam // 2 Comments

As part of the setup for vSphere with Tanzu, a local vSphere Content Library needs be created to store the various Tanzu Kubernetes releases (TKr) which users typically synchronize from VMware's online TKr Content Library repository.


I typically recommend configuring the content library subscription to only download files when needed, rather than the entire library, which is currently over 200GB+.

After standing up another vSphere with Tanzu environment, I needed to download additional TKr images but I could not reuse my existing subscribed content library since it was configured on a different vCenter Server.

With the ability to host a custom vSphere Content Library on my Synology, I realized a better solution would be for me to simply download the full VMware TKr Content Library and host that locally on my network rather than re-downloading the same images each time I have a new deployment.

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Categories // Automation, Kubernetes, VMware Tanzu, vSphere 7.0, vSphere 8.0 Tags // content library, Synology, TKR, vSphere Kubernetes Service

Building custom Tanzu Kubernetes Releases (TKR) for vSphere with Tanzu

07.13.2023 by William Lam // 1 Comment

Right before going on PTO, I caught this really interesting tweet from my buddy Robert Guske that we now support building your own custom Tanzu Kubernetes Releases (TKR), the Kubernetes software distributions that is signed and supported by VMware, which is typically provided by VMware through the online TKR Content Library.

Dear vSphere with Tanzu (TKGS) users - do you know that building your own TKG node image is now supported with our latest #vSphere 8 U1 update? 🙂#VMware #vExperthttps://t.co/pxVbPJzmYh

— Robert Guske (@vmw_rguske) June 29, 2023

While there are already a number of existing customizations that can be applied when deploying a Tanzu Kubernetes Workload Cluster (TKC), there may still be certain VM configurations that you would like to add, which is simply not possible today. In some of the customer requests, it can be as simple as changing the default size of the primary disk for a TKR, which is statically configured today as 20GB.

With this and many other use cases, it is nice to see that we now finally provide customers with a supported method to build their own custom TKR that might include additional customizations that is required by their organization for use with vSphere with Tanzu.

I recently got a chance to play with the new vSphere Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Image Builder tool, which is also an open source project from VMware and leverages the existing Kubernetes Image Builder, which I have also used before (see this blog post HERE for more details). While getting started, it took me a few tries but I eventually got it working after speaking with the Developers as I ran into a few issues.

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Categories // Automation, Kubernetes, VMware Tanzu, vSphere 8.0 Tags // TKR, vSphere 8.0 Update 1, vSphere Kubernetes Service

Frequently asked scenarios about Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI) for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+

06.23.2023 by William Lam // Leave a Comment

This is a multi-part blog series on some of the frequently asked questions and scenarios for the vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+ Cloud Services. What started out as a single blog post that attempted to summarize some of the learnings and notes that I have made while answering various questions from our field and customers for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+ quickly turned into a 3K+ word blog post and counting! 😅

While I thought it would be easier from a search perspective to have everything in a single blog post, I decided to take the advice from the community and actually break it up into small blogs which would be part of a large multi-part blog series, in no particular order but I recommend reading it in the following logical order as shown below:

  • Frequently asked scenarios about vCenter Cloud Gateway (VCGW) for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+
  • Frequently asked scenarios about vCenter Lifecycle Management for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+
  • Frequently asked scenarios about vCenter Desired State Configuration for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+
  • Frequently asked scenarios about VM Provisioning & Management for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+
  • Frequently asked scenarios about Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI) for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+ (THIS BLOG POST)
  • Frequently asked scenarios about Global Inventory for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+
  • Frequently asked scenarios about Subscription & Entitlement for vSphere+, vSAN+ and VCF+

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Categories // Aria, Kubernetes, VMware Cloud, VSAN, vSphere Tags // Cloud Consumption Interface, VMware Cloud, VSAN, vSphere, vSphere Kubernetes Service

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