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erobrich
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vctl and docker-machine-driver-vmware

I see in the VMware Workstation Pro 16.1.0 release notes a note about `vctl kind` and a note about `docker-machine-driver-vmware`.  How do these relate?  Would I use them together?  I know both support containers, but from the outside, they seem very different.  (Kubernetes / ctr / BuildKit vs Docker / docker-machine / docker swarm.)  Where do I find tutorials and guides about each?

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xishengzhang
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Hello, erobrich

Please see my comments as below for your reference. Hope it helps.

1. "vctl kind": you can execute kind commands in the pop-up window triggered by "vctl kind". eg: "kind create cluster", for kind commands, you could refer to https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/

2. Regarding to docker-machine-driver-vmware, this driver has been bundled in WS product, so you don't need to download this driver any more. eg: if you have already have minikube downloaded/configured locally, workstation could be used to help to create k8s cluster with command "minikube start --driver=vmware".  For details of docker-machine-driver-vmware, you could refer to   https://github.com/machine-drivers/docker-machine-driver-vmware

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