2V0-71.23 Exam Dumps - VMware Certification Questions and Answers

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

A Container Storage Interface (CSI) in VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid is a plug-in that allows providers to expose storage as persistent storage for Kubernetes clusters. CSI is a standard interface that defines an abstraction layer for container orchestrators to work with storageproviders3. VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid supports StorageClass objects for different storage types, provisioned by Kubernetes internal (“in-tree”) or external (“out-of-tree”) plug-ins. Two of the supported storage types are vSphere Cloud Native Storage (CNS) and Amazon EBS, which use the vSphere CSI driver and the AWS EBS CSI driver respectively4. References: Tanzu Kubernetes Storage Class Example - VMware Docs, Deploying and Managing Cloud Native Storage (CNS) on vSphere - VMware Docs

To visualize API connectivity and enable API protection in VMware Tanzu Service Mesh, the administrator needs to perform two steps:

• Activate API Discovery for the Global Namespace. This allows Tanzu Service Mesh to automatically discover the APIs signatures between microservices running inside or outside the mesh. API Discovery creates a custom API schema for each API that is close to OpenAPI spec 3.0. Tanzu Service Mesh graph renders the detected APIs in the Enforcing mode by default, which means that any new API is considered as a violated API unless accepted by the administrator1
• Create API Security Policy for the Global Namespace. This allows the administrator to block or allow layer 4 and layer 7 traffic, as well as create granular policies that provide API and data segmentation, OWASP 10 attack defense, schema validation, geofencing, data compliance, and egress controls. The administrator can create the API Security policy through the Tanzu Service Mesh Console UI or by using the Tanzu Service Mesh API Explorer2

References: 1: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/services/tanzu-service-mesh-enterprise/GUID-E6FB9FB3-FDB3-4D2B-B5CB-614608EEF537.html  2: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Service-Mesh/services/tanzu-service-mesh-enterprise/GUID-5B635420-3BD2-4EC1-B67E-2015F991A91C.html

The statement that correctly describes a global namespace in VMware Tanzu Service Mesh is that it defines an application boundary and provides consistent traffic routing, connectivity, resiliency, and security for applications across multiple clusters. A global namespace is a logical abstraction of an application from the underlying infrastructure that spans across multiple clusters and clouds4. A global namespace connects the resources and workloads that make up the application into one virtual unit and manages their identity, discovery, connectivity, security, and observability4. A global namespace also enables automatic service discovery and cross-cluster communication within the application boundary4. References: Global Namespaces - VMware Docs

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

Multus is an open-source container network interface plugin for Kubernetes that enables attaching multiple network interfaces to pods. Contour is an open-source Kubernetes ingress controller that provides dynamic configuration updates and makes use of the Envoy proxy as a data plane. By installing these two packages in a VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid cluster, an administrator can create a pod with two interfaces and use Contour to route the application and management traffic to different networks.

The other options are incorrect because:

• external-dns is a package that synchronizes exposed Kubernetes services and ingresses with DNS providers. It does not provide multiple interfaces for pods.
• cert-manager is a package that automates the management and issuance of TLS certificates from various sources. It does not provide multiple interfaces for pods.
• qrafana is not a valid package name. The correct spelling is Grafana, which is a package that provides visualization and analytics for metrics collected by Prometheus. It does not provide multiple interfaces for pods.

References: Install Multus and Whereabouts for Container Networking, Install Contour for Ingress

A service mesh is a dedicated infrastructure layer that you can add to your applications to provide capabilities like observability, traffic management, and security, without adding them to your own code. A service mesh consists of network proxies paired with each service in an application and a set of management processes. The proxies are called the data plane and the management processes are called the control plane. The data plane intercepts calls between different services and processes them; the control plane is the brain of the mesh that configures and monitors the data plane1. A service mesh makes communication between applications possible, structured, and observable by providing features such as load balancing, service discovery, encryption, authentication, authorization, routing, retries, timeouts, fault injection, metrics, logs, and traces2.

The other options are incorrect because:

• Provides dynamic application load balancing and autoscaling across multiple clusters and multiple sites is a description of VMware Tanzu Service Mesh Global Namespaces feature3, which is built on top of a service mesh. It is not the purpose of a service mesh in general.
• Provides a centralized, global routing table to simplify and optimize traffic management is a description of VMware Tanzu Service Mesh Global Mesh Network feature4, which is also built on top of a service mesh. It is not the purpose of a service mesh in general.
• Provides service discovery across multiple clusters is a partial description of a service mesh, but it does not capture the full scope of its purpose. Service discovery is one of the features that a service mesh provides, but it is not the only one.

References: What’s a service mesh?, The Istio service mesh, Service mesh - Wikipedia

Two valid options for obtaining kubectl config file in Tanzu Kubernetes environment are:

• Download from vSphere UI: For Tanzu Kubernetes clusters that are deployed on vSphere with Tanzu, you can download the kubeconfig file from the vSphere UI by selecting the cluster and clicking on the Download kubeconfig button1. This file contains the credentials and connection information for the cluster, which you can use to access it with kubectl1.
• Access from VMware Tanzu Mission Control: For Tanzu Kubernetes clusters that are attached or provisioned by VMware Tanzu Mission Control, you can access the kubeconfig file from the Tanzu Mission Control console by selecting the cluster and clicking on the Access this cluster button2. This will generate a YAML file that you can download and use to connect to the cluster with kubectl2.

References: Download a Kubeconfig File for a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster - VMware Docs, Connect to a Managed Cluster with kubectl - VMware Docs

VMware Tanzu Mission Control (TMC) is a centralized management platform for consistently operating and securing your Kubernetes infrastructure and modern applications across multiple teams and clouds1. TMC provides a catalog of curated open-source software packages that you can deploy to your clusters with a few clicks2. To deploy an application to a Kubernetes cluster using TMC catalog, you need to follow these steps3:

• From the TMC Console, navigate to Catalog.
• Select the package that you want to install from the list of available packages. You can filter the packages by name, provider, or category.
• Click Install Package to start the installation wizard.
• On the Installation Settings page, specify the following information:
• Click Install to confirm the installation settings and start the installation process.
• Wait for the installation to complete. You can monitor the progress and status of the installation on the Package Instances page.

The other options are incorrect because:

• From the TMC Console, in Catalog, from Available Tanzu Packages, specify the target cluster and the package to install is false. There is no such option as Available Tanzu Packages in the TMC Console. The correct option is Install Package.
• Using the Tanzu CLI, enter the command tanzu package install is false. The Tanzu CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to interact with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters and packages4. It is not related to TMC or its catalog.
• Using the TMC CLI, enter the command tmc cluster tanzupackage create is false. There is no such command as tmc cluster tanzupackage create in the TMC CLI. The TMC CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to interact with TMC and its resources5. It does not support installing packages from the catalog.

References: VMware Tanzu Mission Control Overview, Catalog Overview, Install a Package from Catalog, Tanzu CLI Overview, TMC CLI Overview

VMware Tanzu Service Mesh Advanced is the VMware product UI that allows browsing Global Namespace Topology. A Global Namespace is a logical group of services that span multiple clusters and clouds, providing consistent service discovery, security, and observability10. A Global Namespace Topology is a graphical representation of the services and their connections in a Global Namespace, showing the key metrics and health status of each service11. To browse the Global Namespace Topology, an administrator can use the Tanzu Service Mesh Console, which is the web-based user interface for managing Tanzu Service Mesh12.

The other options are incorrect because:

• NSX Advanced Load Balancer is a VMware product that provides load balancing, web application firewall, and container ingress services for applications across various data centers and clouds13. It does not allow browsing Global Namespace Topology.
• NSX is a VMware product that provides network virtualization and security for applications across various data centers and clouds. It does not allow browsing Global Namespace Topology.
• Tanzu Mission Control is a VMware product that provides centralized management and governance for Kubernetes clusters across multiple teams and clouds. It does not allow browsing Global Namespace Topology.

References: Global Namespaces, View the Topology of Services in a Global Namespace or a Cluster, Tanzu Service Mesh Console Overview, NSX Advanced Load Balancer Overview, [NSX-T Data Center Overview], [Tanzu Mission Control Overview]