2V0-71.23 Exam Dumps - VMware Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations Professional

The Kubernetes project that vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Cluster uses to automate the lifecycle management of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Clusters is Cluster API. Cluster API is a Kubernetes project that provides declarative APIs for cluster creation, configuration, and management. Cluster API uses a set of custom resource definitions (CRDs) to represent clusters, machines, and other objects. Cluster API also relies on providers to implement the logic for interacting with different infrastructure platforms5. vSphere with Tanzu Supervisor Cluster uses Cluster API to deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters on vSphere 7 across multiple vCenter Server instances and/or multiple data centers via Tanzu Mission Control6. References: Taking Kubernetes to the People: How Cluster API Promotes Self … - VMware, kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api - GitHub

The role of the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service is to provision Kubernetes clusters that integrate with the underlying vSphere Namespace resources and Supervisor Services. The Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service is a component of vSphere with Tanzu that provides self-service lifecycle management of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters3. A Tanzu Kubernetes cluster is an opinionated installation of Kubernetes that runs on top of the Supervisor Cluster and inherits its capabilities, such as storage integration, pod networking, load balancing, authentication, and authorization4. The Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service exposes three layers of controllers to manage the lifecycle of a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster: Cluster API, Virtual Machine Service, and Tanzu Kubernetes Release Service3. References: Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service Architecture - VMware Docs, What Is a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster? - VMware Docs

Four policy types that are supported by VMware Tanzu Mission Control are:

• Security policy: Security policies allow you to manage the security context in which deployed pods operate in your clusters by imposing constraints on your clusters that define what pods can do and which resources they have access to6.
• Access policy: Access policies allow you to use predefined roles to specify which identities (individuals and groups) have what level of access to a given resource7.
• Network policy: Network policies allow you to use preconfigured templates to define how pods communicate with each other and other network endpoints8.
• Custom policy: Custom policies allow you to implement additional business rules, using templates that you define, to enforce policies that are not already addressed using the other built-in policy types9.

References: Policy-Driven Cluster Management - VMware Docs

VMware Tanzu Mission Control and Tanzu CLI package plugin are two methods that can be used to install Fluent Bit on a VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster. VMware Tanzu Mission Control is a centralized management platform for Kubernetes clusters across different environments. It allows users to install Fluent Bit on any attached cluster from the web console or the CLI, and configure the output plugins for log forwarding. Tanzu CLI package plugin is a command-line tool that enables users to interact with VMware Tanzu packages and services. It allows users to install Fluent Bit from a package repository on any standalone management or workload cluster, and configure the output plugins for log forwarding. References: Install Fluent Bit for Log Forwarding - VMware Docs, Implement Log Forwarding with Fluent Bit - VMware Docs

Node groups and service groups are two kinds of resource groups that can be created to collect and manage objects in VMware Tanzu Service Mesh. A resource group is a collection of cluster resources of a specific type that share specific characteristics. Resource groups help enforce policies and monitor the performance of resources in a single global namespace or across your entire organization7. A node group collects nodes that meet certain criteria, such as running in a specific region or having certain labels. A service group collects services that meet certain criteria, such as having a specific name prefix or belonging to a specific namespace.

The other options are incorrect because:

• Cluster groups are not a valid kind of resource group in VMware Tanzu Service Mesh. Clusters are not considered as resources in Tanzu Service Mesh.
• Security groups are not a valid kind of resource group in VMware Tanzu Service Mesh. Security groups are used to define network access rules for resources in some cloud platforms8, but they are not part of Tanzu Service Mesh.
• API groups are not a valid kind of resource group in VMware Tanzu Service Mesh. API groups are used to organize Kubernetes resources into categories based on their API versions9, but they are not part of Tanzu Service Mesh.

References: Resource Groups, Security Groups, API Groups