Operationalizing the Edge with VMware Cloud Foundation

Now Available: A Fully Automated Deployment Script for Edge Key Benefits of the Automation Script What to Expect from the Script This automation script will cover the following key functions: A Unified Cloud Operating Model from Core to Edge Learn More: Discover more from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog Related Articles Operationalizing the Edge with VMware Cloud Foundation VMware Cloud Foundation is the Gold Standard for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 73 - Next-Gen Data Services: The DBaaS Revolution with VCF 9 As organizations extend operations beyond the data center, the edge has become a vital part of their digital strategy. Whether in retail outlets, manufacturing plants, healthcare facilities, energy plants or remote branch offices, IT teams want infrastructure that delivers cloud like agility, consistency and unified operations in the most resource-constrained environments. With VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 for Edge, a single-host edge site deployment powered by VMware vSphere Supervisor enables organizations to run both VMs and container workloads on the same platform, eliminating the need for separate infrastructure and reducing cost and operational complexity in resource-constrained edge environments. VCF 9.0 also introduces a GitOps model powered by Argo CD Operator, using a centrally managed Git repository as the source of truth, organizations can drive consistent, repeatable and automatically reconciled deployments of VMs and container workloads across multiple distributed edge sites from a single repository simplifying and scaling management across thousands of edge sites. The journey to modernize the edge, as we’ve explored in our previous posts, has paved the way for robust, simplified infrastructure. We’ve introduced the power of the single-node vSphere Supervisor architecture in our series, starting with the Modernizing Your Edge with Single Node vSphere Supervisor blogs. Following that, we demonstrated how application deployment at scale is achieved using a GitOps approach with Argo CD in VCF 9.0 for Edge – Automating App Deployment at Scale with GitOps Using Argo CD. Now, it’s time to bring these concepts together and address the crucial next step: accelerating the infrastructure deployment itself. A core challenge for distributed edge sites is the consistent, rapid, and error-free provisioning of the underlying hardware and software stack. A fully automated deployment script is now available, enabling customers to deploy a single-host vSphere Supervisor environment with Argo CD automation. Automating deployment of vSphere Supervisor and Argo CD at scale minimizes setup time, standardizes configurations, and improves consistency across distributed edge locations. This new automation script streamlines everything from initial cluster configuration to continuous application delivery, helping organizations operationalize the edge faster and more reliably.