How-to guides

Administering clusters

• Upgrading GKE On-Prem

  Read how to 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

  Learn how to 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.

• Setting the default storage class

  Learn how to change the default storage class for a GKE On-Prem cluster.

• 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.

• Using logging and monitoring

  Learn how to use GKE On-Prem's logging and monitoring features.

• Backing up and restoring clusters

  Learn how to back up and restore your clusters.

• 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 user clusters from your environment.

• Deleting an admin cluster

  Delete an 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

• Hardening your cluster's security

  Learn about best practices for hardening your cluster's security

• Audit logging

  Learn about using audit logs to investigate suspicious Kubernetes API calls.

Add-ons

• Istio

  Learn how to use Istio with GKE On-Prem.

• Config Management

  Learn how to use Config Management with GKE On-Prem.