Deploying Tanzu Community Edition using Docker Extensions

What is Docker Extensions?

Docker Extensions lets you use third-party tools within Docker Desktop to extend its functionality. There is no limit to the number of extensions you can install.

Docker Extensions is available as part of Docker Desktop 4.8.0 or a later release. Download and install Docker Desktop 4.8.0 or later:

On Mac, you can validate Docker Desktop Version by Clicking on Preference -> Software Updates.

Deploying TCE using Docker Extension

Open Docker Desktop.
From the Dashboard, select Add Extensions in the menu bar. The Extensions Marketplace opens.

Browse the available extensions and look for VMware Tanzu Community Edition as highlighted above.
Click Install and you will notice that it starts installing TCE.

Once successful, Click Open.

Click Create Cluster

Monitor the Cluster creation

After few mins, Cluster creation will be completed.

Here is the detailed log:


📁 Created cluster directory
🧲 Resolving and checking Tanzu Kubernetes release (TKr) compatibility file
   projects.registry.vmware.com/tce/compatibility

   Downloaded to: /home/tanzu/.config/tanzu/tkg/unmanaged/compatibility/projects.registry.vmware.com_tce_compatibility_v8             
🔧 Resolving TKr
   projects.registry.vmware.com/tce/tkr:v1.22.7-2

   Downloaded to: /home/tanzu/.config/tanzu/tkg/unmanaged/bom/projects.registry.vmware.com_tce_tkr_v1.22.7-2             
   Rendered Config: /home/tanzu/.config/tanzu/tkg/unmanaged/tanzu-community-edition/config.yaml
   Bootstrap Logs: /home/tanzu/.config/tanzu/tkg/unmanaged/tanzu-community-edition/bootstrap.log
🔧 Processing Tanzu Kubernetes Release
🎨 Selected base image
   projects.registry.vmware.com/tce/kind:v1.22.7
📦 Selected core package repository
   projects.registry.vmware.com/tce/repo-12:0.12.0
📦 Selected additional package repositories
   projects.registry.vmware.com/tce/main:0.12.0
📦 Selected kapp-controller image bundle
   projects.registry.vmware.com/tce/kapp-controller-multi-pkg:v0.30.1
🚀 Creating cluster tanzu-community-edition

   Base image downloaded             

   Cluster created             
   kubectl ${COMMAND} --kubeconfig /home/tanzu/.config/tanzu/tkg/unmanaged/tanzu-community-edition/kube.conf
📧 Installing kapp-controller

   kapp-controller status: Running             
📧 Installing package repositories

   tkg-core-repository package repo status: Reconcile succeeded             
🌐 Installing CNI
   calico.community.tanzu.vmware.com:3.22.1
✅ Cluster created
🎮 kubectl context set to tanzu-community-edition

View available packages:
   tanzu package available list
View running pods:
   kubectl get po -A
Delete this cluster:
   tanzu unmanaged delete tanzu-community-edition

Once the cluster is provisioned, `~/.kube/config` file content is updated automatically to access the cluster. You can also see that the context is updated accordingly.

❯ kubectx | grep -i tanzu
tanzu-community-edition

Access the TCE Cluster and Validate Resources

Get the list of nodes

$ k get nodes
NAME                                    STATUS   ROLES                  AGE     VERSION
tanzu-community-edition-control-plane   Ready    control-plane,master   4m59s   v1.22.7

Deploying NGINX pod in a TCE cluster

❯ k run nginx --image nginx
pod/nginx created

❯ k get po --kubeconfig config.yaml
NAME    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
nginx   1/1     Running   0          2m25s

To know more about Docker Extensions, refer the below url

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/extensions/

To know more about Tanzu Community Edition, refer the below url

https://tanzucommunityedition.io/