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Cluster Operations

Comprehensive guide to managing your Kubernetes clusters through their entire lifecycle.

Creating Clusters

Create Clusters - Create tenant clusters

  • Prerequisites and requirements
  • Create via web console
  • Create via YAML manifests
  • Access and verify clusters

Managing Clusters

Scale Clusters - Scale control plane and workers

  • Scale control plane replicas
  • Scale worker nodes
  • Configure auto-scaling

Upgrade Clusters - Upgrade Kubernetes versions

  • Upgrade prerequisites
  • Rolling vs in-place upgrades
  • Verify and troubleshoot upgrades

Maintenance - Routine cluster maintenance

  • Monitor cluster health
  • Drain and cordon nodes
  • Certificate rotation
  • Pause/resume clusters

Data Protection

Backup & Restore - Protect cluster data

  • Create backups
  • Schedule automated backups
  • Restore from backups
  • Disaster recovery procedures

Decommissioning

Delete Clusters - Safely remove clusters

  • Pre-deletion checklist
  • Delete cluster resources
  • Verify cleanup
  • Handle stuck resources