For information on how to give users permission to access a cluster, see the section on

For information on how to set up an authentication system, see this section.

You can use the Kubernetes command-line tool, , to manage your clusters. You have two options for using kubectl:

• Terminal remote connection: You can also interact with your clusters by installing kubectl on your local desktop and then copying the cluster’s kubeconfig file to your local directory. For more information, see .

Finally, you can interact with your clusters over the Rancher API. Before you use the API, you must obtain an API key. To view the different resource fields and actions for an API object, open the API UI, which can be accessed by clicking on View in API for any Rancher UI object.