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JOURNAL OF Intelligent Infrastructure Insights for the Modern Datacenter Era · by Dr Pranay Jha Explore the Guides

vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS): The Complete Guide

vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS): The Complete Guide

Everything you need to understand, deploy, secure, operate, upgrade and master vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) on VMware Cloud Foundation 9, in one complete, sequential series. All 17 parts are now published. Start at Part 1, or jump to the part you need.

Series complete · 17 of 17 parts published
Core Path: the end-to-end spine
Phase 1 · Foundations
  1. 01What VKS Is: the rename from TKG & where it fits in VCF 9
  2. 02VKS Architecture: Supervisor, namespaces & workload clusters
Phase 2 · Enable & Provision
  1. 03Enabling vSphere Supervisor & the VKS runtime
  2. 04Provisioning clusters: ClusterClass & the Cluster API
  3. 05Cluster sizing: VM classes, node pools & control-plane topology
Phase 3 · Network & Storage
  1. 06Networking: NSX, VPCs & the CNI options
  2. 07Load balancing & ingress: NSX native vs Avi
  3. 08Storage: vSphere CSI, storage policies & persistent volumes
Phase 4 · Scale & Secure
  1. 09Autoscaling: Cluster Autoscaler & node-pool scaling
  2. 10Securing clusters: RBAC, Pod Security & namespace isolation
  3. 11Observability: metrics, logs & VCF Operations
Phase 5 · Lifecycle
  1. 12Upgrading VKS: versions, the service & rolling node replacement
Deep Dives: specialized tracks
Phase 6 · App Delivery & AI
  1. 13App delivery with GitOps: Argo CD, Flux & Helm
  2. 14Running GPU & AI workloads on VKS
Phase 7 · Operate & Decide
  1. 15Troubleshooting: the failure modes that actually bite
  2. 16Day-2 operations: backup, multi-tenancy & capacity
  3. 17The verdict: when to use VKS vs alternatives
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About the Author

Dr Pranay Jha

Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.