Can GKE-On-Prem be setup with VMWare vsphere Essential Kit?

[kyisoethinkokyi]

I have one dell server and I need to setup  GKE-On-Prem on that dell server. The documentation says that I need VMWare Vsphere standard edition or Enterprise edition. But VMWare has Vsphere Essential kit edtition which is cheaper.

My question is "Can I use Vsphere Essential Kit edition to setup GKE-On-Prem although the documentation does not mention about it? "

Thanks

[Willbin · Accepted solution]

Hello @kyisoethinkokyi,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

As per checking, Google Cloud's GKE On-Prem does not officially support VMware vSphere Essential Kit. GKE On-Prem requires specific versions and features of VMware vSphere, which may not be available in the Essential Kit.

See this document for vSphere requirements

[kyisoethinkokyi]

I see. Thanks a lot for the answer , @Willbin 

[techmaster9]

if you`ve physical server available then you can use anthos on bare metal to avoide licence cost of VMWare

[kyisoethinkokyi]

Thanks a lot for your suggestion @techmaster9