After you provision a Kubernetes cluster using Rancher, you can still edit options and settings for the cluster.

For information on editing cluster membership, go to this page.

Cluster Configuration References

The cluster configuration options depend on the type of Kubernetes cluster:

Cluster Management Capabilities by Cluster Type

The options and settings available for an existing cluster change based on the method that you used to provision it.

The following table summarizes the options and settings available for each cluster type:

ActionRancher Launched Kubernetes ClustersEKS and GKE ClustersOther Hosted Kubernetes ClustersNon-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters
Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster✓✓✓✓
Managing Cluster Members✓✓✓✓
Editing and Upgrading Clusters✓✓✓
Managing Nodes✓✓✓✓
Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes✓✓✓✓
Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads✓✓✓✓
Using App Catalogs✓✓✓✓
Configuring Tools (Alerts, Notifiers, Logging, Monitoring, Istio)✓✓✓✓
Running Security Scans✓✓✓✓
Cloning Clusters✓✓✓
Ability to rotate certificates✓✓
Ability to back up your Kubernetes Clusters✓✓
Ability to recover and restore etcd✓✓
Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher✓
Configuring Pod Security Policies✓✓

* Registered GKE and EKS clusters have the same options available as GKE and EKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed.

* * Cluster configuration options can’t be edited for imported clusters, except for K3s and RKE2 clusters.

* * * For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon drain, and edit the node.

ActionRancher Launched Kubernetes ClustersHosted Kubernetes ClustersRegistered EKS ClustersAll Other Registered Clusters
Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster✓✓✓✓
Managing Cluster Members✓✓✓✓
Editing and Upgrading Clusters✓✓✓
Managing Nodes✓✓✓✓ *
Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes✓✓✓✓
Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads✓✓✓✓
Using App Catalogs✓✓✓✓
Configuring Tools (Alerts, Notifiers, Logging, Monitoring, Istio)✓✓✓✓
Running Security Scans✓✓✓✓
Cloning Clusters✓✓✓
Ability to rotate certificates✓✓
Ability to back up your Kubernetes Clusters✓✓
Ability to recover and restore etcd✓✓
Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher✓
Configuring Pod Security Policies✓✓

* Cluster configuration options can’t be edited for imported clusters, except for K3s and RKE2 clusters.

* * For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon drain, and edit the node.