Summary

In this chapter, we’ve covered the exciting area of multi-cluster management. There are many projects that tackle this problem from different angles. The Cluster API project has a lot of momentum for solving the sub-problem of managing the lifecycle of multiple clusters. Many other projects take on the resource management and application lifecycle. These projects can be divided into two categories: projects that explicitly manage multiple clusters using a management cluster and managed clusters, and projects that utilize the Virtual Kubelet where whole clusters appear as virtual nodes in the main cluster.

The Gardener project has a very interesting approach and architecture. It tackles the problem of multiple clusters from a different perspective and focuses on the large-scale management of clusters. It is the only project that addresses both cluster lifecycle and application lifecycle.

At this point, you should have a clear understanding of the current state...