A cluster is the compute that runs your queries. In an Azure In-VPC deployment, cluster pods schedule onto the AKS node pool(s) you provisioned, and the cluster scales and suspends like any other.
Create a cluster
- Open the workspace’s Compute Plane and go to the Clusters section.
- Select Create Cluster and enter a Cluster Name (must start with a letter and end with a letter or digit; letters (upper or lower case), numbers, and hyphens, 3–30 characters; case-sensitive).
- Select a Version (the Cluster Runtime) and a Cluster Size.
- Configure autoscaling, QPS, and caching as needed, then create the cluster.
The cluster’s pods schedule onto your workspace node pool; ensure node labels and tolerations line up so the pods can schedule (see Troubleshooting if pods stay Pending). For the full set of cluster options, see Create and manage clusters and Cluster sizing and scaling.
CloudPrem-specific operations
Operating clusters in an In-VPC deployment with kubectl - inspecting pods, node pools, and scaling - is covered in CloudPrem cluster operations.
Next step
Continue to Run your first query. Last modified on September 29, 2026
