From 8cd5f9652a6a482312d86c9064e9bcf5c6922fb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Madhusudan.C.S" Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 12:47:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about the motivation behind adding/removing clusters. --- docs/admin/federation/kubefed.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/admin/federation/kubefed.md b/docs/admin/federation/kubefed.md index fd104b3dd2..de40263ecb 100644 --- a/docs/admin/federation/kubefed.md +++ b/docs/admin/federation/kubefed.md @@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ federation with host cluster `rivendell`: kubefed join gondor --host-cluster-context=rivendell ``` +> Note: Kubernetes requires that you manually join clusters to a +federation because the federation control plane manages only those +clusters that it is responsible for managing. Adding a cluster tells +the federation control plane that it is responsible for managing that +cluster. ### Naming rules and customization