This book is for anyone who wants to know what VMware Tanzu is. The reader will learn about different security, operational, and developer productivity challenges that are addressed by this platform. The purpose of this book is to acquire a good level of understanding about this technology from a learning point of view. It is also aimed to help the reader to perform primary day-1 and day-2 operations on different tools for a hands-on experience. If you are a cloud or application architect, this book will help you understand the various capabilities these tools offer to decide how to or whether to include them in your solutions. If you are either a developer or a development lead, you will learn about different ways to improve developer productivity. If you are a security officer, you will find better ways to secure your cloud-native applications and Kubernetes platforms. Lastly, if you are a DevOps engineer or a cloud platform operator, you will learn how to work with these products for various operations around them.

This book can be read and understood by anyone with a couple of years of experience in the area of building and running modern applications. However, some experience with Kubernetes will help to relate the concepts and challenges better. Additionally, the reader should have some experience working with command-line interfaces (CLIs) to follow all the hands-on instructions.