Deckhouse Kubernetes Platform on VMware Cloud Director

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Installation of Deckhouse Kubernetes Platform on VMware Cloud Director is only possible in the Enterprise Edition. See information about commercial editions.

Before installation, ensure the following:

  • Cloud provider quotas for cluster deployment.
  • The cloud-init package is installed on the VMs. After the VM starts, services cloud-config.service, cloud-final.service, cloud-init.service must be running.
  • The virtual machine template contains only one disk.
  • In VMware Cloud Director, vApp/Guest OS Customization is disabled for the cluster template and VMs.

Additional requirements and notes

  • For ContainerdV2 on cluster nodes, the OS on virtual machines must meet the requirements:
    • Linux kernel version 5.8 or newer;
    • CgroupsV2 support;
    • Systemd version 244 or newer;
    • erofs kernel module support.

    For more information, see the ClusterConfiguration resource.

  • From version 1.74, Deckhouse has a module integrity control mechanism (protection against replacement and modification). It turns on automatically when the OS on the nodes supports the erofs kernel module. Without it, Deckhouse runs as before but the mechanism is off — an alert will indicate it is unavailable.

The provider is confirmed to work with Ubuntu 22.04-based virtual machine templates only.

To start working with the provider, you have to create a tenant with the resources listed in the documentation.

Once the tenant has been provisioned, you must configure the internal network, EDGE Gateway, and prepare the virtual machine template. Follow the instructions for setting up the environment in the provider’s documentation.

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