The product page vmware.com/products/cloud-director.html

First download the OVA file, it's 2GB from VMware Customer Connect VMware_Cloud_Director-10.5.1.11019-23401219_OVF10.ova
VMware by Broadcom support portal VMware_Cloud_Director-10.5.1.11019-23401219_OVF10.ova (Note: Entitlement is needed to be able to download)

1. Prerequisite: NFS Network Path and DNS records
2. Deploy the OVF Template
3. Primary Appliance Setup (VAMI or Virtual Appliance Management Interface is on https://$VCDIP:5480)
4. Add Ressources: vCenter Server from vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Cluster already deployed
5. Add Ressources: NSX-T Manager already deployed and Create a Geneve backed Network Pool
6. Create Provider VDC backed by vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Cluster and NSX-T
7. Learn more

Step 0 - Prerequisite: NFS Network Path and DNS records

Prerequisite: After installing Server for NFS role with quick profile, Create a folder then head over Manage NFS Sharing

Share this folder and leave the default, but click on Permissions

By default here it is read only and root access disallowed, so we change it

In the drop-down menu Read-Write and clickon Allow root access

Copy the Network Path will be needed

DNS A record is required

DNS PTR record is required

Step 1 - Deploy the OVF Template

Part I - Deploy

In case the OVA tranfert fail with "OVF descriptor is not available" Extract the OVA and load the 4 files

Here we deploy on the Outer vSphere Mgmt VM-Network and not on the Nested Inner vSphere Lab

Domain Name here refer to the VM FQDN, Additional Networking Properties is skipped.png

Step 2 - Primary Appliance Setup (VAMI or Virtual Appliance Management Interface is on https://$VCDIP:5480)

Part II - Setup

Green mark means NFS is OK, vcloud need at least 14 !

Here we are all green, clicking on the link

We are greeted a gray page

After a while it says The resource was not found on this server

Looking at the certificate we see that can use the FQDN instead of the IP, let's give a try

Success !

Step 3 - Add Ressources: vCenter Server from vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Cluster already deployed

Part III - Add vCenter Server - vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Cluster already deployed in previous articles

Here the Common Name is our vCenter so click only on TRUST the SHA-256 fingerprint after verifiying it, not on RETRIEVE

Here we turn off this setting because we are using NSX-T and not NSX-V on vCenter Server

Finally we are prompted to TRUST vCenter CA certificate that conclude this part

Step 4 - Add Ressources: NSX-T Manager already deployed and Create a Geneve backed Network Pool

Part IV - Add NSX-T

Shortname for the Name, and FQDN for the URL, then TRUST the certificate thumbprint of your NSX-T

As a requirement for the pVDC we need a Geneve Transport Zone backed Network Pool

Step 5 - Create Provider VDC backed by vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Cluster and NSX-T

This is continuation from previous articles highlighted Service Provider's tasks below, in the highly available Supervisor multi vSphere zones Lab:Next Service Provider's Tasks: Create a provider VDC backed by a Supervisor Cluster, Publish a Provider VDC Kubernetes Policy to an Organization VDC in VMware Cloud Director, Offers Kubernetes as a Service (CaaS).

Part V - Create pVDC Tanzu and NSX-T backed

This page merit attention as the Hardware Version can't be downgraded, please refer to your VM Class flavors, be it those included in vSphere or, a Custom VM Class or, NVIDIA VM Class for VCF Private AI

TRUST the vCenter Supervisor cetificate thumbprint

Select our VSAN storage policy

Select an NSX-T manager and Geneve Network pool

Review and click Finish

Congrats, you succesfully created a Provider Virtual Data Center backed by Kubernetes, Customer Organizations can opt with this capability along with vGPU already present for TELCO or AI or anything Cloud Native related.

Learn more

For a more comprehensive approach on how to offer Kubernetes as Service with VMware Cloud Director if you're VMware Partner Cloud Provider or just to be informed from high level view, take a look at the latest Feature Friday on the subject Feature Friday Episode 144 - Kubernetes as a Service with Cloud Director,

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