Managed Kubernetes: How to Create a Kubernetes Cluster and Add Node Pools

Implementation workflow

This runbook focuses on a reliable sequence for provisioning and validating the service through the cloud console.

1. Open Containers > Clusters and create a cluster using the recommended template.
2. Select region, version, network settings, and initial worker size.
3. Wait for control plane and node provisioning to complete.
4. Create additional node pools by workload profile (general, memory, or compute heavy).
5. Download kubeconfig and validate cluster access with a basic workload deployment.

Validation and operator checks

After deployment, verify connectivity, security boundaries, and backup posture before promoting workloads to production.