#Global Cluster

The global cluster is the platform's control plane: it hosts the registry, the base operator, the cluster registry, and the platform's identity stack, and it orchestrates the lifecycle of every workload cluster. This section documents the lifecycle of the global cluster itself when it runs on Immutable Infrastructure.

For traditional-OS global clusters, see the standard installation path.

#What This Section Does Not Cover

• Installing provider plugins onto an already-running global cluster: see Installation.
• Configuring infrastructure resources for workload clusters: see Infrastructure Resources.
• Creating workload clusters: see Creating Clusters.
• Upgrading workload clusters: see Upgrading Clusters.