Multi-cluster management and federation

With multi-cluster management, you can centralize control of multiple Kubernetes clusters in a single management plane, with federated endpoint identity, federated services, and multi-cluster networking.

Setting up multi-cluster management

Create a Calico Enterprise management cluster

Create a Calico Enterprise management cluster to manage multiple clusters from a single management plane.

Create a Calico Enterprise managed cluster

Create a Calico Enterprise managed cluster that you can control from you management cluster.

Setting up multi-cluster management using Helm

Create a Calico Enterprise management cluster

Install Calico Enterprise management cluster using Helm application package manager.

Create a Calico Enterprise managed cluster

Install Calico Enterprise managed cluster using Helm application package manager.

Cluster mesh

Overview

Configure a cluster mesh for cross-cluster endpoints sharing, cross-cluster connectivity, and cross-cluster service discovery.

Configure federated services

Configure a federated service for cross-cluster service discovery for local clusters.

Cluster mesh example for clusters in AWS

A sample configuration of Calico Enterprise federated endpoint identity and federated services for an AWS cluster.

Configure federated endpoint identity and multi-cluster networking

Configure a local cluster to pull endpoint data from a remote cluster.

Advanced

Change a cluster type

Change an existing Calico Enterprise cluster type to a management cluster, a managed cluster, or standalone.

Fine-tune multi-cluster management

Review your multi-cluster management deployment to ensure it is ready for production.