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Integrate Clusters

With the function of integrating clusters, DCE 5.0 allows you to manage on-premise and cloud clusters of various providers in a unified manner. This is quite important in avoiding the risk of being locked in by a certain providers, helping enterprises safely migrate their business to the cloud.

In DCE 5.0 Container Management module, you can integrate a cluster of the following providers: standard Kubernetes clusters, Redhat Openshift, SUSE Rancher, VMware Tanzu, Amazon EKS, Aliyun ACK, Huawei CCE, Tencent TKE, etc.

Prerequisites

  • Prepare a cluster of K8s v1.22+ and ensure its network connectivity.
  • The operator should have the NS Editor or higher permissions.

Steps

  1. Enter Container Management module, and click Integrate Cluster in the upper right corner.

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  2. Fill in the basic information by referring to the following instructions.

    • Cluster Name: It should be unique and cannot be changed after the integration. Maximum 63 characters, can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and a separator ("-"), and must start and end with a lowercase letter or number.
    • Cluster Alias: Enter any characters, no more than 60 characters.
    • Release Distribution: the cluster provider, support mainstream vendors listed at the beginning.

  3. Fill in the KubeConfig of the target cluster and click Verify Config . The cluster can be successfully connected only after the verification is passed.

    Click How do I get the KubeConfig? to see the specific steps for getting this file.

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  4. Confirm that all parameters are filled in correctly and click OK in the lower right corner of the page.

Note

The status of the newly integrated cluster is Integrating , which will become Running after the integration succeeds.

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