Supported Configurations

Running the control plane as a container with:

• Shared Nodes
• Private Nodes

Running the control plane as a binary with vCluster Standalone. When scaling with additional worker nodes, they are joined as private nodes.

Database

When using a database as the backing store, you can choose between two deployment options:

• Embedded: The database is deployed inside the virtual cluster control plane.

• External: The database runs outside the virtual cluster control plane. You can either:

  • Connect to an existing database.
  • Connect to a database server. (This option requires vCluster Platform.)

vCluster Standalone

vCluster Standalone can only use embedded database (sqlite) for a single control plane node or embedded etcd for HA.

📄️embedded

Configure SQLite as the virtual cluster's backing store.

📄️external

Configure an external database as the virtual cluster's backing store for enhanced performance and scalability.