RCTL Commands

Imperative/Declarative Usage Patterns

Important

It is recommended that the declarative usage pattern (rctl apply -f config_file) be used to create/update resources wherever supported.

Category	Description	Declarative Support	Declarative Schema	Imperative Support
Add-Ons	Create/Update Add-Ons	Yes		Yes
Agents	Create/Update Agents	Yes		Yes
Backup/Restore	Create/Update Backup location	No		Yes
	Create/Update Data agent	No		Yes
	Create/Update Backup Policy	No		Yes
	Create Backup Job	No		Yes
	Create/Update Restore Policy	No		Yes
	Create Restore Job	No		Yes
Blueprints	Create/Update Blueprints	Yes	Blueprint schema	Yes
Catalog	Create/Update Catalog	Yes		No
Cloud Credentials	Create/Update Cloud Credential	Yes		Yes
Cluster	Add an imported cluster	Yes		Yes
	Create/Update an EKS Cluster	Yes	EKS Cluster schema	Yes
	Create/Update an AKS Cluster	Yes	AKS Cluster schema	Yes
	Create/Update a GKE Cluster	Yes	GKE Cluster schema	No
	Create/Update a Bare Metal/VM Cluster	Yes	MKS Cluster schema	No
Cluster Overrides	Create/Update add-on overrides	Yes		Yes
Environment Manager	Create/Update Resource/Environment Templates	Yes		No
Fleet Plan	Create/Update Fleet Plan	Yes		No
IAM Service Account (IRSA)	Create/Update IAM Service Account	Yes		Yes
IDP/SSO	Create/Update IDP	No		Yes
Namespaces	Create/Update namespaces	Yes	Namespace schema	Yes
NodeGroup/NodePool	Create/Update EKS NodeGroup	Yes		Yes
	Create/Update AKS NodePools	Yes		Yes
Network Policy	Create/Update Rules/Policies	Yes		No
Pipelines	Create/Update GitOps pipelines	Yes		Yes
Policy (OPA Gatekeeper)	Create/Update Installation Profiles, Constraint Templates, Constraints, Policies	Yes		No
Projects	Create/Update Projects	Yes		Yes
Registry	Create/Update Registries	Yes		Yes
Repository	Create/Update Repositories	Yes		Yes
Secret Groups	Create/Update Secret Groups	Yes		Yes
Secret Stores	Create/Update Secret Stores	Yes		Yes
Triggers	Create/Update Triggers	Yes		Yes
Workloads	Create/Update Workloads	Yes		Yes
Workload Overrides	Create/Update Workload overrides	Yes		Yes

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