You can install Tanzu Application Platform on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS) by using Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR). The outcome of this deployment is similar to the outcome of Deploying Tanzu Application Platform through AWS Quick Start on Amazon EKS, but it provides added flexibility to customize the deployment.
To install, take the following steps.
| Step | Task | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Review the prerequisites to ensure that you have set up everything required before beginning the installation | Prerequisites |
| 2. | Accept Tanzu Application Platform EULAs and install the Tanzu CLI | Accept Tanzu Application Platform EULAs and installing the Tanzu CLI |
| 3. | Create AWS Resources (EKS Cluster, roles, etc) | Create AWS Resources |
| 4. | Install Cluster Essentials for Tanzu | [Deploy Cluster Essentials](https://docs.vmware.com/en/Cluster-Essentials-for-VMware-Tanzu/{{ vars.url_version }}/cluster-essentials/deploy.html) |
| 5. | Add the Tanzu Application Platform package repository, prepare your Tanzu Application Platform profile, and install the profile to the cluster | Install the Tanzu Application Platform package and profiles |
| 6. | (Optional) Install any additional packages that were not in the profile | Install individual packages |
| 7. | Set up developer namespaces to use installed packages | Set up developer namespaces to use installed packages |
| 8. | Install developer tools into your integrated development environment (IDE) | Install Tanzu Developer Tools for VS Code |
After installing Tanzu Application Platform on your Kubernetes clusters,
get started with Tanzu Application Platform and create your ECR repositories
for your workload, such as tanzu-application-platform/tanzu-java-web-app-default,
tanzu-application-platform/tanzu-java-web-app-default-bundle, and
tanzu-application-platform/tanzu-java-web-app-default-source.