getting-started.hbs.md

Getting started with the Tanzu Application Platform

Welcome to the Tanzu Application Platform. The guides in this section offer hands-on instruction to help get developers and operators started on Tanzu Application Platform. Before you start, be sure to complete all of the prerequisites in the following section.

Getting started prerequisites

Verify you have successfully:

• Installed the Tanzu Application Platform
  See Installing Tanzu Application Platform.

• Installed the Tanzu Application Platform on the target Kubernetes cluster
  See Installing the Tanzu CLI and Installing the Tanzu Application Platform Package and Profiles.

• Set the default kubeconfig context to the target Kubernetes cluster
  See Changing clusters.

• Installed Out of The Box (OOTB) Supply Chain Basic
  See Install Out of The Box Supply Chain Basic.

  Note: If you used the default profiles provided in Installing the Tanzu Application Platform Package and Profiles, you have already installed the Out of The Box (OOTB) Supply Chain Basic.

• Installed Tekton-Pipelines
  See Install Tekton Pipelines.

  Note: If you used the default profiles provided in Installing the Tanzu Application Platform Package and Profiles, you have already installed Tekton Pipelines.

• Set up a developer namespace to accommodate the developer workload
  See Set up developer namespaces to use installed packages.

• Installed Tanzu Application Platform GUI
  See Install Tanzu Application Platform GUI.

• Installed the VS Code Tanzu Extension
  See Install the Visual Studio Code Tanzu Extension for instructions.

When you have completed these prerequisites, you are ready to get started.

Next steps

For developers:

• Deploy your first application on Tanzu Application Platform

For operators:

• Create an application accelerator