clusterctl ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
Home for the Cluster Management API work, a subproject of sig-cluster-lifecycle

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.12.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Devops

Tags: kubernetes cluster-api devops infrastructure lifecycle-management

Install: brew install clusterctl

About:
clusterctl is the command-line tool for managing Cluster API providers, enabling declarative lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters across multiple infrastructure providers. It orchestrates the creation, scaling, and upgrading of clusters using infrastructure-as-code principles, serving as the primary interface for the Cluster Management API project within the Kubernetes ecosystem.

Key Features:

Multi-provider support for AWS, Azure, GCP, and vSphere
Declarative cluster lifecycle management (create, scale, upgrade, delete)
Clusterctl init command for bootstrapping management clusters
Workload cluster creation from management clusters
Provider version management and compatibility checking

Use Cases:

Automated provisioning and lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters across hybrid cloud environments
Standardizing cluster operations across different infrastructure providers using consistent tooling

Alternatives:

eksctl – AWS EKS-specific, while clusterctl is provider-agnostic
kops – Direct cluster provisioning, while clusterctl uses Cluster API declarative model

Version History

Detected	Change	Commit
Nov 4, 2025 7:52pm	VERSION_BUMP	59b6ef67
Oct 10, 2025 12:02pm	VERSION_BUMP	2e64b8b1
Dec 23, 2024 4:53pm	VERSION_BUMP	5483a709
Dec 17, 2024 7:53pm	VERSION_BUMP	900a8a9e
Oct 8, 2024 7:23pm	VERSION_BUMP	66f130f0
Oct 8, 2024 6:29pm	VERSION_BUMP	77b31727
Sep 10, 2024 7:37pm	VERSION_BUMP	81afb9cb
Sep 5, 2024 6:28pm	VERSION_BUMP	30785213
Aug 14, 2024 9:50am	VERSION_BUMP	13f8f55b
Oct 24, 2023 12:00pm	VERSION_BUMP	932da361
Oct 24, 2023 12:00pm	VERSION_BUMP	f8dc166a