# DCD How-Tos

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**Prerequisite**: Only contract administrators, owners, and users with **Create Kubernetes Clusters** permission can create a cluster. Other user types have **read-only** access.
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## Quick Links

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Set User Privileges</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to set user privileges to create and manage Kubernetes cluster and node pools via the DCD.</td><td><a href="/pages/jWZLR0YENT6tDI7Qbuzg">/pages/jWZLR0YENT6tDI7Qbuzg</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Set Up a Kubernetes Cluster</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to set up and create a cluster.</td><td><a href="/pages/GniA77uMVCcZMBL2u9ET">/pages/GniA77uMVCcZMBL2u9ET</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Download Kubeconfig</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to generate and download the yaml file.</td><td><a href="/pages/bWkWMqIA5oLUwdixnrkJ">/pages/bWkWMqIA5oLUwdixnrkJ</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Update a Cluster</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to update a cluster for node pools using the DCD.</td><td><a href="/pages/SBfkWt5UIgsODqUgkuvv">/pages/SBfkWt5UIgsODqUgkuvv</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Delete a Cluster</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to delete a cluster from the node pools using the DCD.</td><td><a href="/pages/oDMJauCUBvGWzVnBhekT">/pages/oDMJauCUBvGWzVnBhekT</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Create a Node Pool</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to create a node pool using the DCD.</td><td><a href="/pages/MaX0OqghwncQcBvsAVTf">/pages/MaX0OqghwncQcBvsAVTf</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Update a Node Pool</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to update a node pool using the DCD.</td><td><a href="/pages/MtBx43lW3OHy1pGgZvOp">/pages/MtBx43lW3OHy1pGgZvOp</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Delete a Node Pool</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to delete a node pool using the DCD.</td><td><a href="/pages/aTd9jVrly7YlzwVAVDzC">/pages/aTd9jVrly7YlzwVAVDzC</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Security and User Management</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to manage user groups for node pools.</td><td><a href="/pages/IBVznPwu2rpF2co1YQsE">/pages/IBVznPwu2rpF2co1YQsE</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Mount an NFS Volume</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to mount a Network File Storage (NFS) volume in your cluster.</td><td><a href="/pages/6wV5Ose60E3QTLgKHaEp">/pages/6wV5Ose60E3QTLgKHaEp</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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