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# Cluster management project (DEPRECATED) **(FREE)**
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32810) in GitLab 12.5.
> - [Deprecated](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/configure/-/epics/8) in GitLab 14.5.
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> - [Disabled on self-managed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/353410) in GitLab 15.0.
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WARNING:
The cluster management project was [deprecated ](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/configure/-/epics/8 ) in GitLab 14.5.
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To manage cluster applications, use the [GitLab agent ](agent/index.md )
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with the [Cluster Management Project Template ](management_project_template.md ).
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FLAG:
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available, ask an administrator to [enable the feature flag ](../../administration/feature_flags.md ) named `certificate_based_clusters` .
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A project can be designated as the management project for a cluster.
A management project can be used to run deployment jobs with
Kubernetes
[`cluster-admin` ](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/rbac/#user-facing-roles )
privileges.
This can be useful for:
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- Creating pipelines to install cluster-wide applications into your cluster, see [management project template ](management_project_template.md ) for details.
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- Any jobs that require `cluster-admin` privileges.
## Permissions
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Only the management project receives `cluster-admin` privileges. All
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other projects continue to receive [namespace scoped `edit` level privileges ](../project/clusters/cluster_access.md#rbac-cluster-resources ).
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Management projects are restricted to the following:
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- For project-level clusters, the management project must be in the same
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namespace (or descendants) as the cluster's project.
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- For group-level clusters, the management project must be in the same
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group (or descendants) as the cluster's group.
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- For instance-level clusters, there are no such restrictions.
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## How to create and configure a cluster management project
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To use a cluster management project to manage your cluster:
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1. Create a new project to serve as the cluster management project
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for your cluster.
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1. [Associate the cluster with the management project ](#associate-the-cluster-management-project-with-the-cluster ).
1. [Configure your cluster's pipelines ](#configuring-your-pipeline ).
1. [Set the environment scope ](#setting-the-environment-scope ).
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### Associate the cluster management project with the cluster
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To associate a cluster management project with your cluster:
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1. Navigate to the appropriate configuration page. For a:
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- [Project-level cluster ](../project/clusters/index.md ), go to your project's
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**Infrastructure > Kubernetes clusters** page.
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- [Group-level cluster ](../group/clusters/index.md ), go to your group's **Kubernetes**
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page.
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- [Instance-level cluster ](../instance/clusters/index.md ), on the top bar, select **Menu > Admin > Kubernetes** .
1. Expand **Advanced settings** .
1. From the **Cluster management project** dropdown, select the cluster management project
you created in the previous step.
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### Configuring your pipeline
After designating a project as the management project for the cluster,
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write a [`.gitlab-ci.yml` ](../../ci/yaml/index.md ) in that project. For example:
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```yaml
configure cluster:
stage: deploy
script: kubectl get namespaces
environment:
name: production
```
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### Setting the environment scope
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[Environment
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scopes](../project/clusters/multiple_kubernetes_clusters.md#setting-the-environment-scope)
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are usable when associating multiple clusters to the same management
project.
Each scope can only be used by a single cluster for a management project.
For example, let's say the following Kubernetes clusters are associated
to a management project:
| Cluster | Environment scope |
| ----------- | ----------------- |
| Development | `*` |
| Staging | `staging` |
| Production | `production` |
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The following environments set in
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[`.gitlab-ci.yml` ](../../ci/yaml/index.md ) deploy to the
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Development, Staging, and Production cluster respectively.
```yaml
stages:
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- deploy
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configure development cluster:
stage: deploy
script: kubectl get namespaces
environment:
name: development
configure staging cluster:
stage: deploy
script: kubectl get namespaces
environment:
name: staging
configure production cluster:
stage: deploy
script: kubectl get namespaces
environment:
name: production
```