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Supervisor with "NSX + DTGW/VNA"

This section describes the procedures for deploying an application (VMs/K8s) into the VKS Namespace utilizing an "NSX + DTGW/VNA" architecture inside a vSphere environment.

VDS Architecture

Deploy App (VMs)

Topology

Deploy a VM

Navigate to vCenter > Supervisor Management > Supervisors, select [your supervisor], navigate to Namespaces, select [your namespace], navigate to Resources, and click on Virtual Machine - Create VM
Add Namespace Resources

  1. Deploy VM from..
    Select between OVF or ISO, and click Next.
    Select VM Deployment Source

  2. Deploy a New VM
    Choose a VM Name, a VM Image, a VM Class (size and reservation of the VM), and click Review and Confirm.
    Configure New VM Settings

  3. Review and Confirm
    Review the settings, and click Deploy VM.
    Review VM Deployment Details

    More options

    More options are available under Advanced Settings (Optional) and Network Configuration (Optional), such as Persistent Volumes and Cloud-Init for Guest Customization.
    For more information, refer to the VMware VM Service Documentation.

Validate deployment and status of the VM

via vCenter Supervisor Namespace

Navigate to vCenter > Supervisor Management > Supervisors, select [your supervisor], navigate to Namespaces, select [your namespace], navigate to Resources, and click on Virtual Machine - Go to Service View VM

via vCenter Inventory

Navigate to vCenter > Inventory, select the VM in the Namespace. View VM

Access the VM

By default the VM is connected to the Private-VPC subnetset vm-default.
To offer direct access to the VM, there are several options: