Federations — How-to guides
All federation operations are performed through the Vantage CLI.
Manage federations
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Create a federation | vantage cluster federation create <name> |
| List federations | vantage cluster federation list |
| Get federation details | vantage cluster federation get <name> |
| Update a federation | vantage cluster federation update <name> |
| Delete a federation | vantage cluster federation delete <name> |
Manage federation membership
Clusters are associated with a federation at creation or update time. Run vantage cluster federation get <name> to verify which clusters belong to the federation.
Route jobs to a federation
When submitting a job through the Vantage UI:
- Open the job submission form.
- In the cluster selector, choose the federation name instead of a specific cluster.
- Fill in the remaining job details as usual.
- Submit. Vantage routes the job to an available member cluster.
Jobs targeting a federation show the assigned cluster on the submission detail page after routing completes.
Monitor federation usage
Check which jobs ran on which cluster:
- Open the submission detail page.
- The Cluster field shows the cluster the job was routed to.
- Use
vantage cluster federation get <name> --jsonto see basic federation metadata.
For all CLI flags and options, see the CLI reference.