Architecture of App Launchpadĭuring the installation and configuration procedures, the App Launchpad user interface registers as a plug-in to VMware Cloud Director. You can also use a mixture of all supported applications sources.
You must configure a Kubernetes cluster as a deployment target for the container applications. App Launchpad exposes the configuration parameters, so that tenant users can fine-tune the advanced settings of the container applications during deployment. Starting with App Launchpad 2.0, you can also connect to Helm Chart repositories and import container applications. You can also create catalogs of your custom, in-house applications and configure App Launchpad to work with these catalogs. Tenant users can then deploy the applications with a single click.Īs a service provider, you install App Launchpad in your data center.Īpp Launchpad supports the use of applications from the Bitnami applications catalog that is available in the VMware Marketplace.
App Launchpad is a VMware Cloud Director service extension which service providers can use to create and publish catalogs of deployment-ready applications.
