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Calico Enterprise 3.22 (latest) documentation

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

Provision a self-managed Calico Enterprise management cluster with the Tigera Operator to control hundreds of managed Kubernetes clusters from one plane.

Create a Calico Enterprise managed cluster

Register a Calico Enterprise managed cluster with a self-managed management cluster using the Tigera Operator for centralized log storage and RBAC.

Setting up multi-cluster management using Helm​

Create a Calico Enterprise management cluster

Install a self-managed Calico Enterprise management cluster with Helm 3 to consolidate control of multiple managed clusters from a single plane.

Create a Calico Enterprise managed cluster

Install a Calico Enterprise managed cluster with Helm 3 and connect it to a self-managed management cluster for centralized control and log storage.

Cluster mesh​

Overview

Calico Enterprise cluster mesh concepts including pod IP routability, federated workload endpoints, federated services, and identity-aware cross-cluster policy.

Configure federated services

Configure a Calico Enterprise federated service with the Tigera Federated Services Controller to consolidate endpoints across a cluster mesh.

Cluster mesh example for clusters in AWS

Sample Calico Enterprise cluster mesh configuration that peers an on-premises cluster with an AWS VPC cluster using BGP, NLB, and the Federated Services Controller.

Creating the cluster mesh

Connect a Calico Enterprise cluster mesh by generating per-cluster kubeconfig credentials and RemoteClusterConfiguration resources with VXLAN or WireGuard overlays.

Advanced​

Change a cluster type

Convert a Calico Enterprise cluster between management, managed, and standalone roles by editing ManagementCluster and ManagementClusterConnection resources.

Fine-tune multi-cluster management

Harden a Calico Enterprise multi-cluster management deployment for production with scalable service types, log retention tuning, and RBAC for managed cluster data.