vmware-haproxy for Tanzu Kubernets Grid1.4

[ravvalika]

We are trying to deploy Tanzu Kubernetes Grid1.4 on Vsphere 7.
Qeus1: Do this vmware haproxy is supported for TKG1.4 ?
Ques2: Can we deploy TKG1.4 without vmware haproxy?
Ques3: Is there any way that we can customise the OS from Photon to RHEL for vmware haproxy.

[brakthehack]

Hi @ravvalika thanks for your questions and thanks for choosing TKGS.

Qeus1: Do this vmware haproxy is supported for TKG1.4 ?

Yes

Ques2: Can we deploy TKG1.4 without vmware haproxy?

Yes. You can deploy your own HAProxy instance as long as it supports Dataplane API version 2.x. The Dataplane API is needed for the load balancer operator to configure the load balancer on the cluster. Ensure that the Dataplane API can be reached on the management network and that the load balancer can reach backends on the workload network.

You can also choose to install NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI).

Ques3: Is there any way that we can customise the OS from Photon to RHEL for vmware haproxy.

Currently we don't support any options to do this out of the box. However, this repo is open source and has a permissive license, so you are free to build your own OVA using the included Makefile on Linux or MacOS platforms. I'd expect the changes to support this would be fairly extensive.

[ravvalika]

Thanks for you quick response @brakthehack