vSphere Supervisor
Configuration and Management

Starting with vSphere 7.0, you can use the
vSphere Automation
APIs to enable and configure
vSphere Supervisor
on a vSphere cluster. Then you can run Kubernetes workloads directly on
ESXi
hosts.
You can use the
vSphere Automation
to automate the enabling and disabling of
vSphere Supervisor
on a vSphere cluster, creating and managing namespaces.
The information in this chapter is intended for vSphere administrators who want to use the
vSphere Automation
APIs to configure their environment to run Kubernetes workloads in vSphere. To take fully advantage of these
vSphere Automation
APIs, you must have basic knowledge about the Kubernetes technology and containers.
For more information about how to configure and manage
vSphere Supervisor
through the
vSphere Client
, see the
Installing and Configuring vSphere IaaS Control Plane
and
vSphere with Tanzu Configuration and Management
documentation.