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# Instance-level Kubernetes clusters
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/39840) in GitLab 11.11.
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Similar to [project-level ](../../project/clusters/index.md )
and [group-level ](../../group/clusters/index.md ) Kubernetes clusters,
instance-level Kubernetes clusters allow you to connect a Kubernetes cluster to
the GitLab instance, which enables you to use the same cluster across multiple
projects.
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The instance level Kubernetes clusters can be found in the top menu by navigating to your instance's ** {admin}** **Admin Area > Kubernetes** .
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## Cluster precedence
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GitLab tries to match clusters in the following order:
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- Project-level clusters.
- Group-level clusters.
- Instance-level clusters.
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To be selected, the cluster must be enabled and
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match the [environment selector ](../../../ci/environments/index.md#scoping-environments-with-specs ).
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## Cluster environments **(PREMIUM)**
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For a consolidated view of which CI [environments ](../../../ci/environments/index.md )
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are deployed to the Kubernetes cluster, see the documentation for
[cluster environments ](../../clusters/environments.md ).
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## More information
For information on integrating GitLab and Kubernetes, see
[Kubernetes clusters ](../../project/clusters/index.md ).
