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title: "Cluster Management"
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# Cluster Management

Once the cluster has been deployed it is managed and scaled using the same commandline tool. The table below explains the available commands. Additional detail on each is available via the built-in help text (use the -h switch with any command) and examples are available at -[https://vmware.github.io/container-service-extension/#using-the-container-service](https://vmware.github.io/container-service-extension/#using-the-container-service)

| **Command** | **Purpose** |
| --- | --- |
| `vcd cse template list` | List available templates to create clusters |
| `vcd cse cluster create <cluster-name>` | Create a new kubernetes cluster |
| `vcd cse cluster create <cluster-name> --enabe-nfs` | Create a new kubernetes cluster with NFS PV support. |
| `vcd cse cluster list` | List created clusters. |
| `vcd cse cluster delete <cluster-name>` | Delete a kubernetes cluster. |
| `vcd cse node create <cluster-name> --nodes n` | Add `n` nodes to a cluster. |
| `vcd cse node create <cluster-name> --type nfsd` | Add an NFS node to a cluster. |
| `vcd cse node list <cluster-name>` | List nodes of a cluster. |
| `vcd cse node delete <cluster-name> [node-name]+` | Delete nodes from a cluster. |