# Manage clusters

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:::card{title="Connect to Weaviate Cloud" href="/guides/manage-clusters-connect"}
Multiple connection options and methods for accessing your Weaviate Cloud cluster instances.
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:::card{title="Create a cluster" href="/guides/manage-clusters-create"}
Step-by-step guide to create and configure new free or Shared Cloud clusters.
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:::card{title="Cluster status and metrics" href="/guides/manage-clusters-status"}
Monitor and check the operational status of your Weaviate Cloud clusters through multiple methods.
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:::card{title="Authentication" href="/guides/manage-clusters-authentication"}
Configure authentication options for Weaviate Cloud clusters by adding, updating and deleting API keys.
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:::card{title="Authorization" href="/guides/manage-clusters-authorization"}
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) configuration guide for Weaviate Cloud clusters.
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:::card{title="Default cluster settings" href="/guides/manage-clusters-default-settings"}
Default configuration settings for Weaviate Cloud clusters.
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## Related pages

- [Agents](./agents-index.md)
- [AI-assisted Weaviate code generation](./ai-assisted-vibe-coding-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Authorization and authentication](./authorization-and-authentication-index.md)
- [Benchmarks](./benchmarks-index.md)
- [Best practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Client libraries](./clients-index.md)
- [Client Libraries / SDKs](./client-libraries-index.md)
- [Cloud](./cloud-index.md)
- [Cloud account management](./cloud-account-management-index.md)

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