Manage a Cluster

Manage a Cluster

Cluster Overview

Via the menu item “Manage Cluster” you can display your active clusters.

Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP) cluster overview

Basic Cluster Information

The dashboard provides you with all important cluster information. You can check the status of your master components and worker nodes.

KKP cluster details

Adding New Nodes to Your Cluster

You can easily extend your cluster with new worker nodes. KKP will automatically configure them and integrate them into your cluster.

KKP form for adding new nodes

Connect to the Cluster

KKP automatically creates your clusters kubeconfig file.

KKP kubeconfig view

To connect to your cluster configure kubectl command line tool to use your kubeconfig file

export KUBECONFIG=$PWD/<your-config-file>

You are now able to proxy into your cluster and run your favorite kubectl commands!

export KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/<your-config-file>
kubectl get nodes

NAME                          STATUS    ROLES     AGE       VERSION
kubermatic-4js24fv79x-4cqsc   Ready     <none>    1h        v1.10.3
kubermatic-4js24fv79x-r2b9r   Ready     <none>    1h        v1.10.3
kubermatic-4js24fv79x-z2xn5   Ready     <none>    1h        v1.10.3