Tag: avi

How to specify a Static IP Address on Kubernetes Ingress Objects with NSX-ALB (Avi)

How to specify a Static IP Address on Kubernetes Ingress Objects with NSX-ALB (Avi)

Helloooo! Lately I've been getting a lot of requests from customers on how they can leverage NSX-ALB to specify a Static IP Address on their L7 Ingress Objects in a Kubernetes based environment. So I decided to deep dive into it. It's no secret that you can specify a preferred Static IP Address for L4 … Continue reading How to specify a Static IP Address on Kubernetes Ingress Objects with NSX-ALB (Avi)

How to get started with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGS/TKGm) – Part 1

How to get started with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGS/TKGm) – Part 1

As most of you have realized, this year has been a bit difficult for us to keep blogging and return to our normal lives after Covid situation. More and more customers wants some face-to-face meetings and some traffic jam here and there during the commute. Together with my colleague, @vdgmichael , we have been always … Continue reading How to get started with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGS/TKGm) – Part 1

Avi (NSX-ALB) – Multiple Applications behind the same VIP

Avi (NSX-ALB) – Multiple Applications behind the same VIP

Hi! Earlier I wrote a blog post about creating a Reverse Proxy with Avi for my Nexus Repository. So I already have an existing Virtual Service in Avi that presents the Nexus Repository website on port 443. The VIP is 10.10.60.15. Current Setup ComponentDetailsNexus Repository Virtual Service Namepotus-nexusrepoNexus Repository Virtual Service VIP10.10.60.15Nexus Repository Virtual Service … Continue reading Avi (NSX-ALB) – Multiple Applications behind the same VIP

TKGs – Use NSX-ALB (Avi) as Ingress Controller for vSphere with Tanzu

TKGs – Use NSX-ALB (Avi) as Ingress Controller for vSphere with Tanzu

Lately I've been playing around with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Multicloud (TKGm) and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service (TKGs) in combination with NSX - Advanced Load Balancer (Avi). A common Use Case is to provide your K8s environment with an Ingress Controller. While in TKGm this seems to be straight forward and thoroughly documented by VMware here, the TKGs approach remained a bit vague to me.

Nexus Repository 3 behind Avi (NSX-ALB) Reverse Proxy

Nexus Repository 3 behind Avi (NSX-ALB) Reverse Proxy

Hello! A while back I wrote a short blog article on how to setup your own Nexus Repository. By default the Nexus Repository is presented over HTTP, from the beginning I wanted to present this to clients as HTTPS. My initial idea was to use NGINX; however lately I have been playing around a lot … Continue reading Nexus Repository 3 behind Avi (NSX-ALB) Reverse Proxy

TCE – How to deploy a Standalone Cluster on vSphere 7

TCE – How to deploy a Standalone Cluster on vSphere 7

Hellooo again! After the easy setup of TCE (see my blogpost here) it's time to deploy a simple small development Tanzu Standalone Cluster on vSphere. Let's do this! My Setup? My Setup looks as follows: vCenter 7.0.2Intel NUC NUC10i5FNH ESXi 7.0.1 with 8 Logical CPUs & 32 GB RAMMacBook Pro (x86; not M1) as Bootstrap … Continue reading TCE – How to deploy a Standalone Cluster on vSphere 7