Merge branch 'main' into copilot/clarify-cluster-management-capabilities

clarify turtles/capi managed clusters, use imported not registered
Signed-off-by: Silvio Moioli <silvio@moioli.net>
2026-09-29 06:29:34 +00:00 · 2026-03-09 16:05:17 +01:00 · 2026-03-06 09:41:19 +01:00 · 2026-03-06 09:41:19 +01:00 · 2026-03-06 09:41:19 +01:00
6 changed files with 120 additions and 108 deletions
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters |
-| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|
-| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> |
-| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> |
-| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/cis-scan-guides/cis-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | |
-| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> |
-| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | |
+| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Imported Clusters | Turtles/CAPI Clusters |
+| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|----|
+| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/cis-scan-guides/cis-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | | |
+| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> | |
+| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | |

-1. Registered EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed.
+1. Imported EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed. Note that does not include EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created via Turtles/CAPI, refer to the "Turtles/CAPI Clusters" column for those.

-2. Cluster configuration options can't be edited for registered clusters, except for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)
+2. For imported clusters, cluster configuration options can only be edited for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)

-3. For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.
+3. For imported cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.

-4. For registered clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+4. For imported clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+
+5. Exclusively via the Cluster API.
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters |
-| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|
-| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> |
-| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> |
-| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/compliance-scan-guides/compliance-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | |
-| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> |
-| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | |
+| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Imported Clusters | Turtles/CAPI Clusters |
+| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|----|
+| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/compliance-scan-guides/compliance-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | | |
+| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> | |
+| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | |

-1. Registered EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed.
+1. Imported EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed. Note that does not include EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created via Turtles/CAPI, refer to the "Turtles/CAPI Clusters" column for those.

-2. Cluster configuration options can't be edited for registered clusters, except for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)
+2. For imported clusters, cluster configuration options can only be edited for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)

-3. For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.
+3. For imported cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.

-4. For registered clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+4. For imported clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+
+5. Exclusively via the Cluster API.
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters |
-| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|
-| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> |
-| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> |
-| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/cis-scan-guides/cis-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | |
-| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> |
-| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | |
+| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Imported Clusters | Turtles/CAPI Clusters |
+| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|----|
+| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/cis-scan-guides/cis-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | | |
+| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> | |
+| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | |

-1. Registered EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed.
+1. Imported EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed. Note that does not include EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created via Turtles/CAPI, refer to the "Turtles/CAPI Clusters" column for those.

-2. Cluster configuration options can't be edited for registered clusters, except for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)
+2. For imported clusters, cluster configuration options can only be edited for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)

-3. For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.
+3. For imported cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.

-4. For registered clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+4. For imported clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+
+5. Exclusively via the Cluster API.
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters |
-| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|
-| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> |
-| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> |
-| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/cis-scan-guides/cis-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | |
-| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> |
-| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | |
+| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Imported Clusters | Turtles/CAPI Clusters |
+| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|----|
+| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/cis-scan-guides/cis-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | | |
+| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> | |
+| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | |

-1. Registered EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed.
+1. Imported EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed. Note that does not include EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created via Turtles/CAPI, refer to the "Turtles/CAPI Clusters" column for those.

-2. Cluster configuration options can't be edited for registered clusters, except for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)
+2. For imported clusters, cluster configuration options can only be edited for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)

-3. For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.
+3. For imported cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.

-4. For registered clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+4. For imported clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+
+5. Exclusively via the Cluster API.
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters |
-| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|
-| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> |
-| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> |
-| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/compliance-scan-guides/compliance-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | |
-| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> |
-| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | |
+| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Imported Clusters | Turtles/CAPI Clusters |
+| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|----|
+| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/compliance-scan-guides/compliance-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | | |
+| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> | |
+| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | |

-1. Registered EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed.
+1. Imported EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed. Note that does not include EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created via Turtles/CAPI, refer to the "Turtles/CAPI Clusters" column for those.

-2. Cluster configuration options can't be edited for registered clusters, except for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)
+2. For imported clusters, cluster configuration options can only be edited for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)

-3. For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.
+3. For imported cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.

-4. For registered clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+4. For imported clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+
+5. Exclusively via the Cluster API.
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters |
-| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|
-| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> |
-| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> |
-| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/compliance-scan-guides/compliance-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
-| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | |
-| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> |
-| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | |
+| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters |  EKS, GKE and AKS Clusters<sup>1</sup> | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Imported Clusters | Turtles/CAPI Clusters |
+| --- | --- | ---| ---|----|----|
+| [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>2</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓<sup>3</sup> | ✓<sup>5</sup> |
+| [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| Configuring Tools ([Alerts, Notifiers, Monitoring](../integrations-in-rancher/monitoring-and-alerting/monitoring-and-alerting.md), [Logging](../integrations-in-rancher/logging/logging.md), [Istio](../integrations-in-rancher/istio/istio.md)) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Running Security Scans](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/compliance-scan-guides/compliance-scan-guides.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
+| [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/rotate-certificates.md) | ✓ | ✓  |  | | |
+| Ability to [backup](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters.md) and [restore](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/restore-rancher-launched-kubernetes-clusters-from-backup.md) Rancher-launched clusters | ✓ | ✓ |  | ✓<sup>4</sup> | |
+| [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | |

-1. Registered EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed.
+1. Imported EKS, GKE and AKS clusters have the same options available as EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created from the Rancher UI. The  difference is that when a registered cluster is deleted from the Rancher UI, it is not destroyed. Note that does not include EKS, GKE, and AKS clusters created via Turtles/CAPI, refer to the "Turtles/CAPI Clusters" column for those.

-2. Cluster configuration options can't be edited for registered clusters, except for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)
+2. For imported clusters, cluster configuration options can only be edited for [K3s and RKE2 clusters.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md)

-3. For registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.
+3. For imported cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node.

-4. For registered clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+4. For imported clusters using etcd as a control plane, snapshots must be taken manually outside of the Rancher UI to use for backup and recovery.
+
+5. Exclusively via the Cluster API.
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Petr Kovar	76cb8bbd34	Merge branch 'main' into copilot/clarify-cluster-management-capabilities	2026-03-09 16:05:17 +01:00
Silvio Moioli	c332bc07b1	clarify turtles/capi managed clusters, use imported not registered Signed-off-by: Silvio Moioli <silvio@moioli.net>	2026-03-06 09:41:19 +01:00
copilot-swe-agent[bot]andmoio	aa7ca68533	Update cluster capabilities table: rename to Imported Clusters, reword footnotes, add Turtles/CAPI column Co-authored-by: moio <250541+moio@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-03-06 09:41:19 +01:00
copilot-swe-agent[bot]	dd49eee58b	Initial plan	2026-03-06 09:41:19 +01:00