Google Cloud コンソール、Google Cloud CLI、またはTerraform。GKE On-Prem API にネットワーク接続できる任意のコンピュータから実行できます。これらの標準ツールは、 Google Cloud インフラストラクチャで実行される GKE On-Prem API を使用します。標準ツールは、総称して GKE On-Prem API On-Prem API クライアントと呼ばれます。GKE On-Prem API でクラスタのライフサイクルを管理するには、クラスタの作成時に指定した Google Cloud リージョンの中の、 Google Cloud に、クラスタの状態に関するメタデータを保存する必要があります。このメタデータにより、API はクラスタのライフサイクルを管理できますが、メタデータにワークロード固有のデータは含まれません。
クラスタの作成に使用するツールに関係なく、収集してツールに提供する情報（クラスタノード マシンの IP アドレスやロードバランサの VIP など）は同じです。
この選択により、ユースケースと環境に最適なツールを選択できます。例:
開発環境で初めてインストールする場合は、ユーザー インターフェースに補足のガイダンスとヘルプがあるため、 Google Cloud コンソールを使用することをおすすめします。
[[["わかりやすい","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["問題の解決に役立った","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["その他","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["わかりにくい","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["情報またはサンプルコードが不正確","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["必要な情報 / サンプルがない","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["翻訳に関する問題","translationIssue","thumb-down"],["その他","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["最終更新日 2025-09-01 UTC。"],[],[],null,["Google Distributed Cloud provides you a choice of tools to create clusters and\nmanage the cluster lifecycle operations (update, upgrade, and delete):\n\n- The command-line tool `gkectl`, which you run on your admin workstation in your on-premises data center. You create a [configuration file](/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/vmware/docs/how-to/user-cluster-configuration-file-latest) that describes the cluster network, load balancing, and other cluster features. You specify this file on the command line to `gkectl`.\n- The Google Cloud console, Google Cloud CLI, or [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io), which you can run from any computer that has network connectivity to the GKE On-Prem API. These standard tools use the [GKE On-Prem API](/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/reference/on-prem-api-overview), which runs on Google Cloud infrastructure. Collectively, the standard tools are referred to as the *GKE On-Prem API clients*. To manage the lifecycle of your clusters, the GKE On-Prem API must store metadata about your cluster's state in Google Cloud, in the Google Cloud region that you specify when creating the cluster. This metadata lets the API manage the cluster lifecycle and doesn't include workload-specific data.\n\nNo matter which tool you use to create clusters, the information that\nyou gather and provide to the tool, such as the IP addresses\nof cluster node machines and load balancer VIPs, is the same.\n\nThis selection lets you choose the best tool for your use case and\nenvironment. For example:\n\n- For your first installations in a development environment, you might want to use the Google Cloud console because the user interface provides additional guidance and help.\n- If your organization already uses the gcloud CLI or Terraform to manage other Google Cloud resources, you will probably want to use these tools for Google Distributed Cloud as well.\n- If your organization has regulatory requirements or restrictions, you might need to limit your reliance on Google Cloud and use `gkectl` on your admin workstation to create clusters and manage cluster lifecycle.\n\nIf you create a cluster with `gkectl`, it will be enrolled with the\nGKE On-Prem API by default. You can also\n[enroll the cluster](/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/vmware/docs/how-to/enroll-cluster) after it is created,\nwhich lets you use the GKE On-Prem API clients.\n\nLimitations with the GKE On-Prem API clients\n\nThe `gkectl` tool is the most mature as far as features that it supports. We\nrecommend that you review the capabilities for the GKE On-Prem API clients when\nmaking a choice. The following list shows the features that are not supported by\nthe GKE On-Prem API clients.\n\n- [Advanced clusters](/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/vmware/docs/concepts/advanced-clusters)\n- Secret management and rotation\n- Certificate rotation\n- Authentication\n- Usage metering\n- Application level logging and monitoring\n- Advanced networking\n- Windows node pools\n\nThe following list describes additional limitations with the GKE On-Prem API\nclients:\n\n- The gcloud CLI isn't supported for any admin cluster lifecycle\n operation. You can use `gkectl`, the console, the\n gcloud CLI, or Terraform to create admin clusters.\n\n- The `gkectl` command-line tool is the only tool available for upgrading,\n updating, and deleting admin clusters.\n\n- Only `gkectl` and Terraform support using a\n [private registry](/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/vmware/docs/how-to/private-registry).\n\n- The kind of load balancer for an admin cluster and its user clusters must be\n the same. The only exception is if the admin cluster uses Seesaw, then the\n user clusters can use MetalLB. If you want your admin and user clusters to use\n different kinds of load balancers, you must create the clusters using\n `gkectl`.\n\n- When you create a user cluster using the Google Cloud console, all the\n [`vCenter` settings](/kubernetes-engine/distributed-cloud/vmware/docs/how-to/user-cluster-configuration-file-latest#vcenter-section)\n are inherited from the admin cluster. If you need a user cluster to have\n different `vCenter` settings from its admin cluster, use the\n gcloud CLI, Terraform, or `gkectl` to create the user cluster.\n\nCheck on these limitations from time to time as the GKE On-Prem API clients\nevolve."]]
