Management API

The Management API is the Kubernetes API of a Giant Swarm management cluster, allowing control over workload clusters and apps in a declarative fashion using the proven Kubernetes paradigms.

• Overview
  Introduction to the Giant Swarm Management API, the Kubernetes API of the management cluster in your Giant Swarm installation.
• Authentication
  How to authenticate for the Management API as a user using single sign-on, plus some information for admins regarding how to set up single sign-on with your own identity provider.
• Creating workload clusters
  Guides for all supported platforms, explaining in detail how to leverage the Management API to create and manage clusters in a declarative fashion.
• Key pairs for workload clusters
  We recommend OIDC for authentication to the workload cluster Kubernetes API. However, in some scenarios, X.509 key pairs are a viable alternative. Here we explain a Giant Swarm specific way to create such key pairs via the Management API.
• CRDs
  Schema reference of all custom resource definitions (CRD) and custom resources (CR) you can use with the Management API.