Importing an Alibaba Cloud cluster

Important: This content is a technical preview, and should not be relied on in a production environment.

You can import existing Alibaba Cloud clusters.

Note: By default, the multicluster-endpoint deployment pulls all of the required images from Docker Hub. You only need to install images from DockerHub if you are working in an air gapped environment.

From the navigation menu, click Clusters.
Click Add cluster.
Click Import an existing cluster... > Select.
Provide a unique cluster name and a unique cluster namespace on the Configure cluster page.
Click to expand Edit cluster import YAML file and edit the file.

See Table 1. YAML file parameters and description for details about each parameter.

Note: Do not remove parameters, as the console might not properly render.
Click Generate Command to retrieve the command to deploy the multicluster-endpoint.

Optional: You can add labels by clicking Configure advanced parameters and use these labels to search.
From the Import an existing cluster window, hover and click the Copy command icon to copy the import command and the token that you are provided. Note: You must click this icon to receive the accurate copy.
Go to your terminal and configure your kubectl for your targeted managed cluster.
Prepare the import.yaml file for the Alibaba Cloud cluster.

Note: If your managed Alibaba Cloud cluster cannot resolve the domain name of your IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management hub cluster, you must manually download the import.yaml file and change the domain name to IP from bootstrap secret.
1. Paste the following command in the terminal, then modify the command to download the import.yaml file:
```
curl -k -H <token> https://<mcm-hub-cluster-IP>:443/api/v1/clusters/<clustername>/<clusternamespace>/import.yaml > importAlicluster.yaml
```
2. Change domain name to IP from bootstrap secret. Modify the import.yaml file and copy the kubeconfig data from klusterlet-bootstrap secret section.
  
  Run the following command to decode the kubeconfig data:
```
echo <kubeconfig-data> | base64 -d
```
  Change the server URL from hub cluster domain name to IP, then paste the kubeconfig into a temporary file.
  
  Run the following command to encode your kubeconfig data:
```
cat <kubeconfig-temp-file> | base64 --warp=0
```
  Replace the data of klusterlet-bootstrap secret with your kubeconfig data.
  
  Note: If your managed Alibaba Cloud cluster ingress type is LoadBalancer, you can predefine the service type of work-manager in endpoint section.
3. Add the following configuration to the import.yaml endpoint spec:
```
workManager:
 service:
   type: LoadBalancer
```

Run the following command to deploy the multicluster-endpoint:

kubectl apply -f <importAlicluster.yaml>

If you receive the following error, run the command again:

error: unable to recognize "STDIN": no matches for kind "Endpoint" in version "multicloud.ibm.com/v1beta1"

Go back to your console and click View cluster to view the Overview page and a summary of your cluster