Attach an Add-on Profile

Imported clusters lack the ability for Palette to manage the core layers found in a cluster profile, such as the Operating System, Kubernetes distribution and version, along with the container network interface and storage interface. You can, however, use add-on cluster profiles to deploy additional software dependencies into your cluster and have Palette manage these dependencies through the normal cluster profile lifecycle.

In this how-to, you learn how to add an add-on cluster profile to an imported cluster.

Prerequisites

• An imported cluster with full permissions. Refer to the Migrate to Full Permissions to learn how to migrate an imported cluster from read-only mode to full-permissions mode.

• An add-on cluster profile. Refer to the Create an Add-on Profile to learn how to create an add-on cluster profile.

Attach an Add-on Profile

1. Log in to Palette.

2. Navigate to the left Main Menu and select Clusters.

3. Select your imported cluster to access its details page.

4. From the cluster details page, select the Profile tab and click on Attach Profile.

5. Select an add-on profile and click on Confirm.

6. In the following screen, you can update the add-on profile if desired. Click on Save to deploy the add-on cluster profile.

7. Navigate to the Overview tab to monitor the deployment. When the add-on cluster profile is deployed, the Cluster Profile status displays as a green circle next to the layer.
   

You now have an add-on cluster profile deployed onto your imported cluster. Use the steps above to add your custom add-on cluster profile to an imported cluster.

Validate

1. Log in to Palette.

2. Navigate to left Main Menu and select Clusters.

3. Select your imported cluster to access its details page.

4. Verify the Cluster Profile section of the page has a green circle next to each layer. If your application exposes a service URL, use the URL to visit the application and verify it's operational.