The Kubernetes cluster control plane implements core Kubernetes functionality. Kubernetes Cluster Control Plane and Kubernetes API Note that all references to 'clusters' in the Container Engine for Kubernetes documentation refer to both enhanced clusters and basic clusters, unless explicitly stated otherwise. See Comparing Enhanced Clusters with Basic Clusters. However, you cannot downgrade an enhanced cluster to a basic cluster. If you do choose to create a new cluster as a basic cluster, you can still choose to upgrade the basic cluster to an enhanced cluster later on. If you don't explicitly specify the type of cluster to create, a new cluster is created as a basic cluster by default.Ĭreating a new cluster as an enhanced cluster enables you to easily add enhanced features later, even if you didn't select any enhanced features initially. When using the CLI or the API to create a cluster, you can specify whether to create a basic cluster or an enhanced cluster.A new cluster is created as an enhanced cluster by default, unless you explicitly choose to create a basic cluster. When using the Console to create a cluster, if you don't select any enhanced features during cluster creation, you have the option to create the new cluster as a basic cluster.Note the following when creating clusters:

Basic clusters come with a service level objective (SLO), but not a financially-backed service level agreement (SLA). Basic cluster: Basic clusters support all the core functionality provided by Kubernetes and Container Engine for Kubernetes, but none of the enhanced features that Container Engine for Kubernetes provides.Enhanced clusters come with a financially-backed service level agreement (SLA). Enhanced cluster: Enhanced clusters support all available features, including features not supported by basic clusters (such as virtual nodes, cluster add-on management, workload identity, and additional worker nodes per cluster).When creating a new cluster with Container Engine for Kubernetes, you specify the type of cluster to create.

Kubernetes master control plane