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Version 1.4. This version is no longer supported. For more information see the version support policy.

How-to guides

Administering clusters

Upgrading GKE on-prem

Upgrade your admin workstation and your clusters.
Configuring gcloud CLI for use behind a proxy/firewall

Read Google Cloud CLI's documentation for configuring gcloud to run behind your proxy/firewall.
Managing clusters

View, connect to, and check the versions of your clusters.
Using SSH to connect to a cluster node

Learn how to SSH into a GKE on-prem cluster node.
Resizing a user cluster

Increase or decrease the number of nodes running in clusters.
Creating additional user clusters

Create additional user clusters in an existing installation.
Creating and managing node pools

Manage a pool of nodes separately without affecting any of the other nodes in the cluster.
Updating the vCenter credentials of your clusters

Update the vCenter credentials of your admin and user clusters with the gkectl update credentials vsphere command.
Using logging and monitoring

Learn how to use Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring.
Enabling application logging and monitoring

Learn how to configure applications to use Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring.
Backing up and restoring clusters

Manually create and restore backups of GKE on-prem admin and user clusters' etcd key-value stores.
Updating the Connect Agent using a private registry (alpha)

If you use a private registry, learn how to update the Connect Agent.
Deleting a user cluster

Delete GKE on-prem user clusters from your environment.
Deleting an admin cluster

Delete a GKE on-prem admin cluster from your environment.
Manually registering a user cluster

Use gcloud to manually register a user cluster.
Manually unregistering a user cluster

Use gcloud to manually unregister a user cluster.

Configuring cluster security

Configuring cluster storage

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