| Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters | EKS and GKE Clusters¹ | Other Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Non-EKS or GKE Registered Clusters | | --- | --- | ---| ---|----| | [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓² | | [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓³ | | [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher.md/) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Configuring Tools (Alerts, Notifiers, Logging, Monitoring, Istio) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Running Security Scans](../explanations/integrations-in-rancher/cis-scans/cis-scans.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Use existing configuration to create additional clusters](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/clone-cluster-configuration.md)| ✓ | ✓ |✓ | | | [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/advanced-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 | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓⁴ | | [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | | [Configuring Pod Security Policies](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/add-a-pod-security-policy.md) | ✓ | ✓ | | | | [Authorized Cluster Endpoint](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/rancher-server-configuration/rke1-cluster-configuration.md#authorized-cluster-endpoint) | ✓ | | | | 1. 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.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/register-existing-clusters.md#additional-features-for-registered-eks-and-gke-clusters) 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) 3. For registered 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. | Action | Rancher Launched Kubernetes Clusters | Hosted Kubernetes Clusters | Registered EKS Clusters | All Other Registered Clusters | | --- | --- | ---| ---|----| | [Using kubectl and a kubeconfig file to Access a Cluster](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/use-kubectl-and-kubeconfig.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Managing Cluster Members](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/access-clusters/add-users-to-clusters.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Editing and Upgrading Clusters](../reference-guides/cluster-configuration/cluster-configuration.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓¹ | | [Managing Nodes](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/nodes-and-node-pools.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓² | | [Managing Persistent Volumes and Storage Classes](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage/create-kubernetes-persistent-storage.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Managing Projects, Namespaces and Workloads](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/projects-and-namespaces.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Using App Catalogs](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/helm-charts-in-rancher.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Configuring Tools (Alerts, Notifiers, Logging, Monitoring, Istio) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Running Security Scans](../explanations/integrations-in-rancher/cis-scans/cis-scans.md) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | [Use existing configuration to create additional clusters](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/clone-cluster-configuration.md)| ✓ | ✓ |✓ | | | [Ability to rotate certificates](../how-to-guides/advanced-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 | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓³ | | [Cleaning Kubernetes components when clusters are no longer reachable from Rancher](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/clean-cluster-nodes.md) | ✓ | | | | | [Configuring Pod Security Policies](../how-to-guides/advanced-user-guides/manage-clusters/add-a-pod-security-policy.md) | ✓ | | ✓ | | | [Authorized Cluster Endpoint](cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/options/#authorized-cluster-endpoint) | ✓ | | | 1. 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 registered cluster nodes, the Rancher UI exposes the ability to cordon, drain, and edit the node. 3. 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.