Explore a vSphere Cluster
This guide explains how to use the command line interface to interact with your newly-deployed Kubernetes cluster.
Before you start, make sure you have created a workload cluster and, if needed, that you have made the cluster self-managing.
Get the kubeconfig file for the new Kubernetes cluster
Get a kubeconfig file for the workload cluster:
When the workload cluster is created, the cluster lifecycle services generate a kubeconfig file for the workload cluster, and write it to a Secret. The kubeconfig file is scoped to the cluster Administrator.
Get the kubeconfig from the Secret, and write it to a file using this command:
CODEdkp get kubeconfig -c ${CLUSTER_NAME} > ${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf
Create a StorageClass with a vSphere datastore
Follow these steps:
Access the Datastore tab in the vSphere client and select a datastore by name.
Copy the URL of that datastore from the information dialog that displays.
Return to the DKP CLI, and delete the existing
StorageClasswith the command:CODEkubectl delete storageclass vsphere-raw-block-scRun the following command to create a new StorageClass, supplying the correct values for your environment:
CODEcat <<EOF > vsphere-raw-block-sc.yaml kind: StorageClass apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1 metadata: annotations: storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true" name: vsphere-raw-block-sc provisioner: csi.vsphere.vmware.com parameters: datastoreurl: "<url>" volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer EOF
Explore nodes and pods in the new cluster
List the nodes using this command:
CODEkubectl --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf get nodesNOTE: It may take a few minutes for the Status to move to
Readywhile the Pod network is deployed. The Node's Status should change to Ready soon after thecalico-nodeDaemonSet Pods are Ready.The output resembles the following example:
CODENAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-7llgd Ready control-plane,master 20h v1.25.4 d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-vncbl Ready control-plane,master 19h v1.25.4 d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-wbgrm Ready control-plane,master 19h v1.25.4 d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-md-0-74c849dc8c-67rv4 Ready <none> 19h v1.25.4 d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-md-0-74c849dc8c-n2skc Ready <none> 19h v1.25.4 d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-md-0-74c849dc8c-nkftv Ready <none> 19h v1.25.4 d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-md-0-74c849dc8c-sqklv Ready <none> 19h v1.25.4List the pods using this command:
CODEkubectl --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf get --all-namespaces podsThe output resembles the following example:
CODENAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE calico-system calico-kube-controllers-57fbd7bd59-qqd96 1/1 Running 0 20h calico-system calico-node-2m524 1/1 Running 3 (19h ago) 19h calico-system calico-node-bbhg5 1/1 Running 0 20h calico-system calico-node-cc5lf 1/1 Running 2 (19h ago) 19h calico-system calico-node-cwg7x 1/1 Running 1 (19h ago) 19h calico-system calico-node-d59hn 1/1 Running 1 (19h ago) 19h calico-system calico-node-qmmcz 1/1 Running 0 19h calico-system calico-node-wdqhx 1/1 Running 0 19h calico-system calico-typha-655489d8cc-b5jnt 1/1 Running 0 20h calico-system calico-typha-655489d8cc-q92x9 1/1 Running 0 19h calico-system calico-typha-655489d8cc-vjlkx 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system cluster-autoscaler-68c759fbf6-7d2ck 0/1 Init:0/1 0 20h kube-system coredns-78fcd69978-qn4qt 1/1 Running 0 20h kube-system coredns-78fcd69978-wqpmg 1/1 Running 0 20h kube-system etcd-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-7llgd 1/1 Running 0 20h kube-system etcd-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-vncbl 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system etcd-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-wbgrm 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-apiserver-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-7llgd 1/1 Running 0 20h kube-system kube-apiserver-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-vncbl 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-apiserver-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-wbgrm 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-controller-manager-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-7llgd 1/1 Running 1 (19h ago) 20h kube-system kube-controller-manager-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-vncbl 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-controller-manager-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-wbgrm 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-proxy-cpscs 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-proxy-hhmxq 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-proxy-hxhnk 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-proxy-nsrbp 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-proxy-scxfg 1/1 Running 0 20h kube-system kube-proxy-tth4k 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-proxy-x2xfx 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-scheduler-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-7llgd 1/1 Running 1 (19h ago) 20h kube-system kube-scheduler-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-vncbl 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-scheduler-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-wbgrm 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-vip-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-7llgd 1/1 Running 1 (19h ago) 20h kube-system kube-vip-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-vncbl 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system kube-vip-d2iq-e2e-cluster-1-control-plane-wbgrm 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system vsphere-cloud-controller-manager-4zj7q 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system vsphere-cloud-controller-manager-87tgm 1/1 Running 0 19h kube-system vsphere-cloud-controller-manager-xqmn4 1/1 Running 1 (19h ago) 20h node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-master-84c67dcbb6-txfw9 1/1 Running 0 20h node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-8tg2l 1/1 Running 3 (19h ago) 19h node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-c5f6q 1/1 Running 0 19h node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-fjfkm 1/1 Running 0 19h node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-x6tz8 1/1 Running 0 19h tigera-operator tigera-operator-d499f5c8f-r2srj 1/1 Running 1 (19h ago) 20h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-controller-7ffd6884cc-d7rql 7/7 Running 5 (19h ago) 20h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-controller-7ffd6884cc-k82cm 7/7 Running 2 (19h ago) 20h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-controller-7ffd6884cc-qttkp 7/7 Running 1 (19h ago) 20h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-node-678hw 3/3 Running 0 19h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-node-6tbsh 3/3 Running 0 19h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-node-9htwr 3/3 Running 5 (20h ago) 20h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-node-g8r6l 3/3 Running 0 19h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-node-ghmr6 3/3 Running 0 19h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-node-jhvgm 3/3 Running 0 19h vmware-system-csi vsphere-csi-node-rp77r 3/