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Using Tanzu Mission Control add-ons

VMware Tanzu™ Mission Control provides pre-configured packages in the form of add-ons that you can install to add a variety of features to VMware Tanzu Mission Control, such as monitoring, visualization and analytics, and certificate management. To get started with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, refer to Getting started with Tanzu Mission Control.


The type and number of add-ons available depends on the configuration of your Kubernetes cluster. The Catalog page in VMware Tanzu Mission Control displays add-on packages available for each cluster. To learn more about add-on packages in VMware Tanzu Mission Control, refer to Managing Packages in Your Cluster.

The services and workloads in Individual Kubernetes clusters determine the available add-on packages. The add-on packages listed for your cluster may include more or fewer packages. For example, your cluster's packages in TMC may include the following:

  • cert-manager: Adds certificates, and certificate issuers as resource types in Kubernetes clusters, and simplifies the process of obtaining, renewing and using those certificates. To learn more, refer to cert-manager.
  • Contour: Protects service access coming in from outside the organization's network. Contour, an open-source Kubernetes ingress controller, supports dynamic configuration updates, and multi-team ingress delegation.  To learn more, refer to Contour.
  • Harbor: Harbor, an open-source registry that secures artifacts with policies and role-based access control, ensures images are scanned and free from vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted. Harbor delivers compliance, performance, and interoperability to securely manage artifacts across cloud native compute platforms like Kubernetes. To learn more, refer to Harbor.
  • Velero: TMC uses the backup and restore functionality provided by Velero to protect the valuable data resources in your Kubernetes clusters. To learn more, refer to Velero, and Protecting data in TMC.
  • Grafana: An industry-standard monitoring tool for Kubernetes clusters. Grafana manages pods, nodes, and cluster metrics that can be represented in a dashboard. To learn more, refer to Deploy Grafana on Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters.

To view add-on packages listed on the Catalog page in VMware Tanzu Mission Control:

  1. Sign in to VMware Cloud Services.
  1. Click Services.

    VMware Cloud Services displays organization cards for My services and Other services.
  1. On the VMware Tanzu Mission Control card, click LAUNCH SERVICE.

    The VMware Tanzu Mission Control page displays.
  1. Click Clusters.
  1. Click a cluster from the list.

    The cluster detail page displays.
  1. Click Add-ons.
  1. Click BROWSE PACKAGES.

    The Catalog page displays, which shows the available packages for your cluster.