#Adding an inaccessible cluster

If you prefer a separate Kiali server per cluster, or you cannot grant one Kiali server access to the other clusters, declare the other clusters without a secret. Each Kiali console then renders links to the console that observes the remote cluster, instead of the remote data itself.

The East and West clusters below are the ones described in Installing Kiali in a multi-cluster mesh.

Procedure

1. On the East cluster, describe the West cluster as follows:

   spec:
     clustering:
       clusters:
       - name: cluster2
       kiali_urls:
       - cluster_name: cluster2
         instance_name: kiali
         namespace: istio-system
         url: <platform-url>/clusters/<west-cluster-name>/kiali
   1. Omitting secret_name marks the cluster as inaccessible.
   2. The instance name and namespace of the Kiali server that observes that cluster.
   3. The address that the Kiali console links to. It must be reachable from the browser.

2. Apply the mirror-image configuration on the West cluster so that both consoles link to each other.