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$ soultec get solution/vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks -o yaml$ soultec get solution/vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks -o json$ soultec get solution/vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks -o toml$ soultec get solution/vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks -o xml$ python3 vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks.pyPS> ./vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks.ps1$ go run vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks.go$ node vmware/vmware-cloud-foundation/vks.js

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What it is

body: | vSphere Kubernetes Service, formerly vSphere with Tanzu, puts Kubernetes into the vSphere stack. Containers run on the platform that is already there and are managed with the same tools. - heading: "

The alternative: a second platform

" body: | Standing up a separate Kubernetes estate means a second operating model, second monitoring, second set of permissions, and a second team who know it in an emergency. With vSphere skills the way in here is much shorter. - heading:

What it is for

body: | Two cases. Development teams need Kubernetes clusters to build and test containerised applications. The other: organisations that write no software of their own also need a platform for containers, because third-party software increasingly ships only as a container image. - heading:

What to watch

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Solution · VMware

vSphere Kubernetes Service VKS

formerly vSphere with Tanzu

VVFVCF

The vendor calls it: VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service

Kubernetes inside the vSphere stack. Containers run on the existing platform and are managed with the same tools.

VMware Pinnacle Partner

Topics Containers 2.51 Virtualization 1.42

Vendors VMware 0.98

04Services

06Posts

02Capabilities

315Corpus

photograph wantedA vSphere or VCF console on a real screen at soulTec: a cluster view, a running task, an inventory tree, so the reader should recognise the UI

What it is

vSphere Kubernetes Service, formerly vSphere with Tanzu, puts Kubernetes into the vSphere stack. Containers run on the platform that is already there and are managed with the same tools.

The alternative: a second platform

Standing up a separate Kubernetes estate means a second operating model, second monitoring, second set of permissions, and a second team who know it in an emergency. With vSphere skills the way in here is much shorter.

What it is for

Two cases.

Development teams need Kubernetes clusters to build and test containerised applications.

The other: organisations that write no software of their own also need a platform for containers, because third-party software increasingly ships only as a container image.

What to watch

Storage classes, networking and access rights want deciding before the first cluster exists.

Posts about it

Authenticate with the vSphere Supervisor API

29 Jul 2026

Have you always wondered how to log in directly to the vSphere Supervisor API to communicate directly with the Kubernetes API without having to rely on kubectl-vsphere or vcf-cli command line tool?

Containers 2.51

VVF 9.0 Supervisor with the Foundation Load Balancer

24 Jun 2025

The 9.0 release of VMware vSphere Foundation brings new ways to deploy the vSphere Supervisor. One of them is the built-in Foundation Load Balancer.

Containers 2.51

vSphere Supervisor Services

22 Dec 2024

Supervisor Services run Kubernetes deployments directly on a vSphere namespace, so no Kubernetes guest cluster is needed and the pods run on the ESXi host through the vSphere CRX runtime.

Containers 2.51

Tanzu default storage class

17 Jul 2023

I was recently playing with Helm charts on Tanzu Kubernetes clusters and ran into a few problems. Here is a quick tip if you hit something similar.

Containers 2.51

Build your own Homelab – Part 2

8 May 2023

In this installment, I will walk you through the initial steps of configuring the basic infrastructure required for my nested vSphere homelab with NSX and Tanzu.

Virtualization 1.42 Containers 2.51