Support: All Prerequisites

All necessary prerequisites are listed below.

Pre-Requisites

Registrations

• GitHub Account
• HubSpot Account

Installations

• git CLI (Mac/Linux/Windows)
• Docker Deskop & CLI (Mac/Windows)
• Tanzu Community Edition CLI (tanzu)
• Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) (Mac/Windows
• Visual Studio Code)
• Java (Mac/Windows)

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Installation Notes

For Java Installation, Add JAVA_HOME to System Environment Variables

Mac

Download Java JDK Mac Installer Here

1. Open Terminal
2. Notice if you see zsh or bash on the top of your window
3. Run the following command to find where Java is.

    where java
   

4. Copy the line that has jdk in it
5. Run the following command if you have bash

    echo export "JAVA_HOME=\$(/usr/libexec/java_home)" >> ~/.bash_profile
   

   Restart Terminal

    cat ~/.bash_profile
    echo $JAVA_HOME
   

6. Run the following command if you have zsh

   1.  echo export "JAVA_HOME=\$(/usr/libexec/java_home)" >> ~/.zshrc
      

      Close & Re open Terminal

    cat ~/.zshrc
    echo $JAVA_HOME
   

Windows

Download Java JDK Windows Installer Here

1. Open File Explorer
2. Click This PC, Local Disk (C:), Program Files, Java, jdk-##
3. Right click the folder jdk-## and click Copy address as text
4. Open Control Plane
5. Click System & Security, System, Advanced System Settings, Environment Variables
6. Under ‘System Variables’ Click New
7. Set Variable Name to JAVA_HOME
8. For Variable value paste the result of $where java
9. Press OK
10. Restart Command Prompt
11. Type the following command to make sure the variable has been correctly set

    set JAVA_HOME
    

For Tanzu & Kubernetes Installation,

Mac: Install Homebrew

1. Run the following command in terminal

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   

2. Run the following commands to make sure Homebrew was installed and install TCE and Kubernetes

    brew -v
    brew install vmware-tanzu/tanzu/tanzu-community-edition
    brew install kubernetes-cli
   

3. Run the following commands to verify installation

    tanzu version
    kubectl version
   

Windows: Install Chocolatey

1. Run Command Prompt as Admin, Type Win + X, Click Command Prompt (Admin)
2. Paste the following code and press enter

    @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"
   

3. Restart Command Prompt/Windows Terminal/Powershell (Admin)
4. Run the following commands to make sure Chocolatley was installed and install TCE and Kubernetes

    choco -v
       
    choco install tanzu-community-edition
    choco install kubernetes-cli
   

   Note: Chocolatley choco commands can only be run by administrator. Packages installed can be used in Admin or Non-admin Command Prompts.

5. Run the following commands to verify installation

    tanzu version
    kubectl version
   

To Run Docker in Windows you must make sure Virtualization Proptection is enabled.

Contact a VMware Instructor in class or on discord (#howard-cloud-web-development-course) before beginning this process. They will verify if you need to complete these steps or not.

1. Open Command Prompt
2. Type systeminfo to see Hyper-V Requirements. If any are set to No, follow these steps:
3. Type Windows Key + X
4. Click Settings, Update & Security, Recovery
5. Under ‘Advanced startup’ Click Restart Now
6. Under ‘Choose an option’ click Troubleshoot, Advanced Options, UEFI Firmware Settings, Restart
7. On Startup Menu Type ‘fn key’ + ‘f10 key’ to Open BIOs Set Up

8. Click the right arrow to System Configuration

   Note: If your computer does not have a System Configuration tab Follow links Step 2 based on your device manufacturer

9. Click down to Virtualization Technology
10. Click Enter to change and Click the up/down arrow to enabled
11. Click Enter
12. Click ‘fn key’ + ‘f10 key’ to save and exit
13. Open Command Prompt & Type systeminfo to make sure the Hypervisor has been found
14. Open Control Panel
15. Click Programs, Turn Windows featured on or off
16. Make sure ‘Windows Hypervisor Platoform’ and Virtual Machine Platform’ have a check next to them
17. Restart your computer
18. Open Docker Desktop and wait for it to start

Note: You may see a pop up instructing you to install a linux kernel package. Follow the steps to install then click restart.