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title: Azure Prerequisites and Resource Requirements
owner: TKGI
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This topic describes the prerequisites and resource requirements for installing VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition (TKGI) on Microsoft Azure.

##<a id='prerequisites'></a> Prerequisites

Before installing Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition:

1. Review the sections below.

1. Install and configure Ops Manager.
To install Ops Manager, follow the instructions in [Installing and Configuring Ops Manager on Azure](azure-om-install-config.html).

##<a id='subscription'></a> Subscription Requirements

For Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition and Kubernetes services to run correctly, you must have at least a `standard` subscription
tier.

##<a id='resources'></a> Resource Requirements

Installing Ops Manager and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition requires the following virtual machines (VMs):

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>VM</th>
    <th>CPU</th>
    <th>Memory (GB)</th>
    <th>Ephemeral Disk (GB)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>BOSH Director</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>16</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Ops Manager</td>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>120</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>TKGI API</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>64</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>TKGI Database</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>64</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<p class="note"><strong>NOTE:</strong> VMware recommends deploying TKGI on its own dedicated Ops Manager instance, rather than on a shared Ops Manager that also hosts other runtimes such as Tanzu Application Service.</p>

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<h3> Kubernetes Cluster Resources </h3>

Each Kubernetes cluster provisioned through Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition deploys the VMs listed below. If you deploy more
than one Kubernetes cluster, you must scale your allocated resources appropriately.

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>VM</th>
    <th>VM&nbsp;Count</th>
    <th>CPU Cores</th>
    <th>Memory (GB)</th>
    <th>Ephemeral Disk (GB)</th>
    <th>Persistent Disk (GB)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Control Plane</td>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>32</td>
    <td>5</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Worker</td>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>32</td>
    <td>50</td>
  </tr>
</table>