This page shows you how to enable Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Enterprise edition and access enterprise features. GKE Enterprise is an enterprise tier for GKE. To learn more about GKE Enterprise, see GKE editions and the GKE Enterprise technical overview.
To understand the charges that will apply, see GKE pricing.
How do I enable GKE Enterprise?To use GKE Enterprise features with a given cluster:
For GKE clusters on Google Cloud, you select whether you want to add and pay for the extra tier of features on a per cluster basis. Once a cluster is enrolled in the GKE Enterprise tier, you are entitled to use all available enterprise features with it.
You can then optionally choose for your cluster to join a fleet to use the full range of GKE Enterprise features. Alternatively, if you are not ready to create a fleet, you can use a subset of standalone enterprise features with the cluster. These include advanced security and compliance insights, Binary Authorization, and richer networking features.
Note: Per-cluster entitlement to GKE Enterprise features was introduced in November 2024. Clusters created or registered before that date that use GKE Enterprise as part of their fleet membership are automatically enterprise-tier clusters. The only change is that you can now downgrade these clusters to the standard tier without removing them from their fleet, or remove them from the fleet without losing their enterprise entitlement. However, if you choose the latter option you will lose the ability to use fleet-enabled enterprise features.GKE clusters outside Google Cloud are all enterprise-tier clusters and fleet members by default, and cannot change tier. Their fleet host project must have GKE Enterprise enabled. You can learn more about setting up these options in their documentation.
For details of GKE Enterprise features, including features available on Google Cloud without fleet membership, see GKE Enterprise deployment options.
Before you beginThe instructions in this page assume that you already have GKE enabled in your chosen Google Cloud project. If not, do the following:
To enable GKE Enterprise in a project from the command line, enable the Anthos API in your project as follows, specifying your project ID if you haven't set a default project for the Google Cloud CLI. This also automatically enables the Fleet (GKE Hub) API.
gcloud services enable --project=PROJECT_ID \
anthos.googleapis.com
You can also enable this API declaratively for your projects by using Terraform:
To learn more about using Terraform, see Terraform support for GKE.
You may need to enable additional APIs for your project to use enterprise features such as Cloud Service Mesh. For details, see the relevant feature guides.
Enroll a cluster on Google Cloud in GKE EnterpriseWith a few exceptions GKE clusters on Google Cloud must be explicitly enrolled in the enterprise tier to use GKE Enterprise features, either at cluster creation or by updating an existing cluster.
While optional, we recommend also registering the cluster to the project's fleet. Adding your cluster to a fleet lets you use the full range of GKE Enterprise features. If you don't choose to register your cluster, you can still use GKE Enterprise but with a more limited set of features.
Enroll a new clusterIf you want to use fleet-enabled features with your new cluster, we recommend registering your cluster to the fleet during cluster creation. Enterprise-tier clusters registered to their fleet during cluster creation are created with your chosen fleet-level default settings for a number of enterprise features, and with recommended logs and metrics already enabled. You can learn more about this in Register a new cluster and Set up fleet-level features.
To enroll a cluster in GKE Enterprise during cluster creation, do the following:
ConsoleFollow the instructions for creating an Autopilot, Standard regional, or Standard zonal cluster from the Google Cloud console, and select Enterprise tier under Cluster basics. If you select Enterprise tier and the GKE Enterprise API is not enabled in your project, you are prompted to enable the API.
(Optional but recommended) Under Fleet management, register your cluster to the project's fleet.
Specify any additional configuration you require for the cluster and click Create.
Follow the instructions for creating an Autopilot, Standard regional, or Standard zonal cluster from the command line, specifying the following flags:
--tier enterprise: Enrols your cluster in the enterprise tier--enable-fleet: Adds your cluster to its project's fleetThe following snippet shows using these flags when creating an Autopilot cluster:
gcloud container clusters create-auto CLUSTER NAME \
--tier enterprise \
--enable-fleet
To update an existing cluster to use GKE Enterprise:
ConsoleRun the following command to upgrade the cluster:
gcloud container clusters update CLUSTER NAME --tier enterprise
Replace CLUSTER NAME with the name of your cluster.
Exceptions to default behaviorIn a small number of situations, clusters on Google Cloud are automatically upgraded to GKE Enterprise when they join a fleet. Review this section carefully if you plan to register your clusters to a fleet.
A standard-tier cluster on Google Cloud is automatically upgraded to GKE Enterprise when it joins a fleet if all of the following are true:
--tier flag.desired_tier field filled in.Any clusters on Google Cloud that are already using GKE Enterprise are automatically enterprise-tier clusters.
Disable GKE EnterpriseTo disable GKE Enterprise for a project or cluster, follow the instructions in Disable GKE Enterprise.
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