Powering Modern Apps
with Kubernetes on
VMware Cloud
Foundation
How do modern applications managed with
Kubernetes drive business impact?
Organizations see business benefits:
growth in market share and increased profits
What is VKS?
- VKS is Broadcom's enterprise-grade, CNCF certified and conformant Kubernetes runtime, which is included (read: you don't have to pay extra), supported, and available now with VMware Cloud Foundation.
If you are currently running Kubernetes on a hyperscaler, or tried Kubernetes on vSphere previously, VKS is worth considering, because VKS was designed with enterprise functionality in mind, including an easier installation process, self-service, and the continued inclusion of components that practitioners of Kubernetes have come to expect:
Built-in Kubernetes Runtime and Out-of-box Cloud Services Enable Teams to Rapidly Innovation
This gives customers unprecedented abilities to run enterprise-grade Kubernetes on-prem in a more
consumable and scalable fashion.
Furthermore, for you "dyed in the wool" FOSS fans, some food for thought about VKS:
-
Over the last decade, Broadcom has been among the top 3
contributors
to the Kubernetes
code base (and second highest in the past 5 years!)
- CNCF conformant Kubernetes means that we follow open standards. This is important because you have flexibility and can make reasonable assumptions about components included with the platform instead of being locked into vendor-specific anti-patterns.
- VKS has evolved since VMware's acquisition of Pivotal going back to 2019, so this is not a "Version 1.0" product
What are organizations saying about adopting Kubernetes?
Build and Deploy Private and Secure GenAI Models
91%
agree that Kubernetes
has benefited their entire
organization, not just IT
90%
agree that Kubernetes technology
is transforming the way their business operates
Critical
Applications
databases, analytics,
and AI/ML workloads
are built on Kubernetes
Databases
Analytic
AI/ML workloads
Challenges
Complex Operating
Models
77% say it's complex to
deploy Kubernetes
Outdated Infrastructure
creates Security Concerns
70% of organizations reported that their workloads were running on outdated infrastructure, exposing them to security risks
High Cost of Operations
37% of organizations have
found that over half of their
workloads need to be
right-sized
Skill Gaps in Modern IT
32% lack skills and headcount
to manage and support Kubernetes
Break the barriers with
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation delivers a single platform to run
VMs and containers with built-in Kubernetes runtime to
simplify operations, reduce costs, and elevate security.
What VMware Cloud Foundation brings to your business
A single platform to run VMs and Kubernetes clusters
A fully upstream conformant Kubernetes distribution that is certified by Cloud Native Computing Foundation
A secure and compliant platform that meets data residency and data sovereignty requirements
Out of the box cloud services for quick deployment
Unified lifecycle management across infrastructure components for teams to leverage existing tools and skill set
A single platform to run VMs and Kubernetes clusters
A fully upstream conformant Kubernetes distribution that is certified by Cloud Native Computing Foundation
A secure and compliant platform that meets data residency and data sovereignty requirements
Out of the box cloud services for quick deployment
Unified lifecycle management across infrastructure components for teams to leverage existing tools and skill set
A Note on the vSphere Supervisor
To get started with VKS, you will need to install the vSphere Supervisor. This provides, among other things, the ability to leverage all of our VCF goodness while also offering Kubernetes compliant components.
One example among many: once the vSphere Supervisor is up and running, you will create a Kubernetes Namespace, which will map to a vSphere resource pool. Inside the Kubernetes cluster, the Namespace functions exactly the way one would expect, but resources for that namespace can also be managed through the vSphere resource pool UI.
Another example is that the Kubernetes control and worker nodes literally are VMs. This is important for a point I will make in the next section:
vSphere Kubernetes Service (Included and Supported with VCF!)
Enterprise grade, conformant, CNCF-certified Kubernetes runtime.
Note also that "traditional" VMs are running side-by-side along with your Kubernetes clusters. This is the power you have with VKS in VCF.
If you remember anything else in this blog post, please remember this:
Your current VMware engineers need no special Kubernetes knowledge to manage both the VMs and the consumed Kubernetes components or clusters. Your platform engineers or developers can gain access through self service and your virtualization engineers can manage the virtual infrastructure as they always have.
Achieve more with VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
- Unified APIto provision and manage VMs and containers
- Self-service accesswith built-in governance and policy control
- Independently upgradeablevSphere Supervisor for greater flexibility
- Streamlines Kubernetesoperations with VKS Cluster Management
- Easy integrationof Windows-based Kubernetes workloads
- Custom zonesfor resource optimization
- Auto-scalingup from zero and down to zero for maximum efficiency
With VMware Cloud Foundation, IT teams are empowered to seamlessly manage a diverse range of workloads on a single, unified platform. To learn more about how VMware Cloud Foundation solves your modern application challenges, please check out:
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog
VMware vSphere
Kubernetes Service (VKS)
Versus VMs and Containers
on Bare Metal
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