The product described by this documentation, Anthos Clusters on AWS (previous generation), is now in maintenance mode. All new installs must use the current generation product, Anthos clusters on AWS.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# The anthos-gke tool\n\nThe `anthos-gke` command-line tool:\n\n- Creates, updates, and deletes a GKE on AWS management service.\n- Creates authentication information so that you can use `kubectl` with your GKE on AWS management service and user clusters.\n- Captures diagnostic information from your management service and user clusters to send to Google Cloud support.\n\nThe tool has two command groups that apply to GKE on AWS:\n\n- [`management`](/kubernetes-engine/multi-cloud/docs/aws/previous-generation/reference/anthos-gke-management) for creating, authenticating, upgrading, diagnosing, and deleting your management service.\n- [`cluster`](/kubernetes-engine/multi-cloud/docs/aws/previous-generation/reference/anthos-gke-clusters) for authenticating and diagnosing your user clusters."]]
