Introducing MicroCloud Cluster Manager
Your single entry point to all your MicroClouds
Today, we're excited to introduce the beta release of MicroCloud Cluster Manager (https://github.com/canonical/microcloud-cluster-manager) , a new way to discover, organize, and operate your MicroCloud environments from a single, unified interface.
MicroCloud (https://canonical.com/microcloud) is an open source cloud platform that makes it simple to create lightweight, resilient clusters anywhere. As teams scale from one cluster to many, visibility and coordination quickly become essential. Cluster Manager is built to solve exactly that.
One dashboard. Every MicroCloud.
MicroCloud Cluster Manager serves as the central entry point for all your MicroClouds.Whether you're managing your data center, a few edge clusters, or dozens across environments, Cluster Manager gives you:
- Unified visibility across all enrolled MicroCloud clusters
- Streamlined access to key cluster details and metrics
- A foundation for operational oversight, ready to grow with your needs
With just a few clicks, you can enroll your first cluster and immediately begin exploring its health, resources, and configuration.
(https://res.cloudinary.com/canonical/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto,fl_sanitize,c_fill,w_1435/https%3A%2F%2Fubuntu.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F86e0%2Fimage.png) A screenshot of the MicroCloud Cluster Manager dashboard
Why Cluster Manager?
As MicroCloud deployments grow, teams often face common challenges:
- Where is each cluster running?
- How do I get a quick overview of cluster health?
- How do I streamline access as more environments come online?
Cluster Manager tackles these problems by giving you a single, consistent point of control, no matter how many clusters you operate or where they are deployed.
Built to extend: monitoring, alerting, and more
Cluster Manager is designed as a flexible platform. Out of the box, it makes cluster discovery and access effortless, but it also lays the groundwork for the more advanced operational tooling teams rely on.
MicroCloud Cluster Manager is designed to be fully extensible with the Canonical observability stack (https://documentation.ubuntu.com/observability/track-2/) , giving you a complete Grafana dashboard for every cluster out of the box. With no additional setup required. The beta release is currently extensible only with the LXD Grafana dashboard, giving you observability for your virtualization layer. We are working on expanding this to also include MicroCeph and MicroOVN observability.
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Enroll your first cluster
Getting started is simple:
- Deploy your MicroCloud cluster
- Connect it to Cluster Manager
- Explore your unified dashboard
From there, you can continue enrolling additional clusters and begin shaping your own multi-cluster view tailored to your infrastructure.
(https://res.cloudinary.com/canonical/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto,fl_sanitize,c_fill,w_1435/https%3A%2F%2Fubuntu.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fe2ff%2Fimage-1.png) A screenshot of the MicroCloud Cluster Manager dashboard
Built on Open Source: Juju, Postgres, and Traefik
MicroCloud Cluster Manager (https://github.com/canonical/microcloud-cluster-manager) is built entirely on open source technology, just like MicroCloud (https://github.com/canonical/microcloud) itself. It's orchestrated with Juju (https://canonical.com/juju) , using the PostgreSQL (https://charmhub.io/postgresql-k8s) and the Traefik Ingress Operator (https://charmhub.io/traefik-k8s) charms to provide a solid, production-ready foundation. This stack ensures that day-two operations are solved out of the box, from automated updates to scaling and resilience.
With a fully open source architecture, every part of the platform, storage, ingress, orchestration, and the Cluster Manager application, is transparent, reliable, and built to grow with your infrastructure.
The beginning of a bigger ecosystem
MicroCloud Cluster Manager is our first step toward a richer, more powerful management experience for MicroCloud users. Over time, it will become a full operational console for cluster insights, automation, and lifecycle management.
We're excited to share this preview and look forward to your feedback as we continue to expand its capabilities.
Follow the how-to outlined in our documentation (https://documentation.ubuntu.com/microcloud/latest/microcloud/how-to/cluster_manager/) to try it.
Have a MicroCloud use case you'd like to discuss? Contact us (https://canonical.com/microcloud#get-in-touch) to get started.
Canonical introduces the beta release of MicroCloud Cluster Manager, a new way to discover, organize, and operate your MicroCloud environments from a single, unified interface.
Categories: Edge Computing, LXD, microcloud
Source: https://ubuntu.com//blog/introducing-microcloud-cluster-manager Mar 20, 2026, 12:00 PM