So as we check our progress here with the automation wizard, we are still right
here at the step of
activate TKG, supervisor cluster, and it has been sitting there for 25 minutes.
Now it's not
stalled here because these messages are changing periodically regarding what's
currently going on.
So at this point, as long as these messages are changing, we can also go ahead
and verify
back at the vSphere client, we can go to the hamburger menu here in the vSphere
client
and go to workload management. And although it hasn't yet created a namespace,
we click here on
supervisors is currently in the process of deploying our supervisors as part of WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
supervisors is currently in the process of deploying our supervisors as part of
Kubernetes.
So that shows right here that is currently configuring says at work. So back at
the automation wizard
here, we'll continue to let that crank away. And it is done. So this whole
process from start
to finish here in this last run that we did took about an hour and 10 minutes
to complete. So I'm
going to go ahead and download the yaml file for this nap three instance. So I
have a local copy of
it. If I need it, it'll download my downloads folder. And then we'll go ahead WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
it. If I need it, it'll download my downloads folder. And then we'll go ahead
and click on next.
So at this point, we're in this stage of the game to deploy the actual NSX
application platform
itself. So to do that, we're going to click right here on start nap deployment.
And actually,
before we click on the start here, let's also take a look at vSphere in the v
Sphere client
and see what it deployed for us as part of this previous step with the Kubernet
es.
So back here in the vSphere cluster, I currently have in my host and clusters
view this new
section called namespaces dash and s dash nap three, that was the name of our WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
section called namespaces dash and s dash nap three, that was the name of our
instance. And then
if we go to the VMs and templates view here, and we expand that namespace, and
if we continue
opening this up, I've got a worker node and a controller node as part of this
nap three instance.
And so all that was deployed through the automation wizard. So if we go to the
hamburger menu now,
on the top, I'm go to workload management. Here, if we click on namespaces, we
have our namespace
called nap and s nap three right there. If we click on supervisors, and that's WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
called nap and s nap three right there. If we click on supervisors, and that's
the name of the cluster
where it deployed the supervisors here can confirm the details about the
version that's being run,
and the IP address for the control plane node. And if there are any issues or
problems,
we could also click here on events, take a look at those details, but
everything looks really,
really good here. So I go ahead and go back to the inventory view here in the v
Sphere client.
And let's go back to the NSX manager and continue with the nap deployment. So
back at the NSX manager,
we're in the final stage here to actually deploy the NSX application platform. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
we're in the final stage here to actually deploy the NSX application platform.
So to do that,
we'll simply click down here on start nap deployment right there. And away it
goes. And
presuming everything is successful here when it's done, we'll have a
functioning, working,
NSX application platform that we can start using in conjunction with our NSX
environment.
So we'll go ahead and give this as long as it takes to go ahead and complete,
or if it has issues or problems, we'll troubleshoot that wherever it stops. So
at the moment,
it looks like it's in pretty good shape. Now what we could also do, let me go WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
it looks like it's in pretty good shape. Now what we could also do, let me go
ahead and just duplicate
this tab here. So this is back at the NSX manager in a separate tab. If we
click here on the NSX
application platform, it's also going to show us right here, its current
progress in deploying
the platform itself. So this is the automation tool in the background that's
kicked off this process.
So this is the view from the tab for the NSX application platform as it's being
deployed.
And this is the view from the plugin, the nap automation plugin, which is also
showing us
right here the status regarding the nap deployment. So currently it's at 10%. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
right here the status regarding the nap deployment. So currently it's at 10%.
And either way, whether
we watch it complete here, or if we watch it complete here, either way, if it
finishes all the way
through, once it's done, we'll have a beautiful NSX application platform that
we can then go
ahead and start using. So once again, I'm going to give this as long as it
takes to complete.
All right, so it is now at 30%. So that is making good progress. And if we went
back over to the
wizard over here, back at the other interface, here it shows that similar WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
wizard over here, back at the other interface, here it shows that similar
information about where
it is in the process of deploying nap. And if it gets stopped by an error, that
error will show up
here. And the error would also be reflected here as well. Again, if it has a
problem or an issue
as it's deploying the nap. All right, so now it's at 40%. Again, that
information is here
at the NSX application platform as it's being deployed. And it's also shown
here in the wizard
as well as part of the automation. So again, we'll let that continue. So for
the actual
installing platform part that took about 30 minutes to complete, and it's now WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
installing platform part that took about 30 minutes to complete, and it's now
on to registering the
platform. So here's look at that same information from the perspective of the
automation platform.
So once again, it's about 70%. All right, so that's the step about registering
the platform took
about five to six minutes. And now it's on to installing metrics. All right,
and it is done.
So here in the wizard, it says nap deployment is completed, fantastic. And if
we jump over here
to the NSX application platform, looks like I need to refresh this page, so I
'll click right here
on try again. And indeed, we have the NSX application platform, which is ready WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
on try again. And indeed, we have the NSX application platform, which is ready
to rock.
So now that we have the NSX application platform available to us, if we scroll
down, we can then
start to enable many of its features, including NSX intelligence, NSX network
detection and response,
and NSX malware prevention, which will do those in a separate set of videos.
But for now, I just
want to walk through the deployment using the nap automation. And as a reminder
of all the cool
stuff it just did for us, it is these two stages that it went completely WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
stuff it just did for us, it is these two stages that it went completely
through until finally,
we have a functional working NSX application platform that we can now use.
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