Crash Diagnostics (Crashd) fails to run if Kubernetes in Docker (kind) is not installed

Products

• Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• You see the following message when trying to run Crash Diagnostics (Crashd) if Kubernetes in Docker (kind) is not installed.

Error: kind is not available
Error: One or more prerequisites are not met

Environment

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid 1.x
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Plus 1.x

Resolution

kind must be installed on the system where Crashd is being run.

Additional Information

Instructions related to kind installation can be found at https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start .