Immutable Infrastructure
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    • VMware vSphere Provider APIs

    The VMware vSphere Infrastructure Provider defines custom resources for managing vSphere infrastructure through Cluster API.

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    Custom ResourcesAPI GroupNot Covered

    Custom Resources

    ResourceDescriptionDocumentation
    VSphereClusterRepresents a Kubernetes cluster infrastructure on vSphereVSphereCluster
    VSphereClusterIdentityCluster-scoped vCenter credential shared across namespaces via selectorsVSphereClusterIdentity
    VSphereMachineRepresents a virtual machine in vSphereVSphereMachine
    VSphereVMLow-level provider resource for the backing vCenter VM, reconciled by the controllerVSphereVM
    VSphereMachineTemplateTemplate for creating vSphere machinesVSphereMachineTemplate
    VSphereMachineConfigPoolPool of pre-defined node slots with hostnames, static IPs, and persistent disksVSphereMachineConfigPool
    VSphereFailureDomainDescribes a datacenter, compute cluster, datastore, and network topology used as a failure domainVSphereFailureDomain
    VSphereDeploymentZoneBinds a VSphereFailureDomain to a vCenter server and placement constraintsVSphereDeploymentZone

    API Group

    All VMware vSphere resources belong to the API group infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1.

    Not Covered

    The provider also ships VSphereClusterTemplate, which is consumed by Cluster API ClusterClass / managed-topology flows. This product provisions workload clusters from explicit Cluster, VSphereCluster, and KubeadmControlPlane manifests rather than through ClusterClass, so VSphereClusterTemplate is not documented here.