Overview Multi-Cluster KubeVirt

KubeVirt Multi-Cluster Management with Governance

Shepherd helps platform teams manage KubeVirt VM service delivery across multiple Kubernetes clusters while keeping placement, access, approvals, and audit trails under control.

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KubeVirt often spans more than one cluster

Production VM platforms rarely stay in a single homogeneous cluster. Teams separate environments, hardware pools, regions, or tenants across Kubernetes clusters, then need one operating model for requests, ownership, and review.

Cluster-aware self-service

Shepherd lets platform teams decide which clusters, namespaces, templates, and instance sizes are visible for a given service or environment.

  • Expose multiple KubeVirt clusters through one management surface.
  • Keep production and non-production access scoped separately.
  • Route user requests through policy and approval before delivery.

Governance without broad cluster admin access

A multi-cluster KubeVirt platform should not require every application team to hold direct administrative access to each cluster. Shepherd provides a higher-level service interface while preserving infrastructure-level control for platform operators.

Related KubeVirt guides

KubeVirt Self-Service

Self-Service Portal

A request-approve-deliver portal for KubeVirt VMs with RBAC, audit history, and multi-cluster placement controls.

 KubeVirt UI

UI & Dashboard

A KubeVirt dashboard for teams that need more than a generic Kubernetes resource view: VM requests, approvals, access control, and audit history.

 KubeVirt VM Management

VM Management

Govern create, modify, power, delete, export, and console workflows for KubeVirt virtual machines.

 KubeVirt Governance

Approval Workflow

Govern VM create, change, power, delete, export, and console access flows through approval-aware operations.

 Multi-Tenant KubeVirt

Multi-Tenant RBAC

A governance layer for teams that need KubeVirt self-service without giving every user direct cluster-wide control.

 KubeVirt Console

Console Access

VNC and serial console entrypoints for KubeVirt VMs, tied to the same access and audit model as other VM lifecycle operations.

 Open-Source KubeVirt Management

Management Platform

A vendor-neutral control layer for KubeVirt VM governance, self-service, approval workflows, RBAC, and audit trails.

Questions teams ask

Can Shepherd manage multiple KubeVirt clusters?

Yes. Shepherd is designed with multi-cluster KubeVirt management as a first-class use case, including cluster catalogs and governed VM workflows.

Does multi-cluster management require RHACM?

Shepherd does not require RHACM for its native multi-cluster governance layer. Teams can still evaluate it alongside their broader Kubernetes fleet tooling.