# Importing Clusters with external etcd

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/importing-clusters-with-external-etcd/12077>\
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\
**Created:** [October 18, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/importing-clusters-with-external-etcd/12077 "2018-10-18T13:45:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/importing-clusters-with-external-etcd/12077/1 "2018-10-18T13:45:27Z")

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Is it possible to import an existing cluster using external etcd and fully manage it?

I tried importing an 1.11.3 cluster using an external 5-node etcd cluster and it imported but very few functions were available and it wasn’t detecting/finding etcd.

Thanks,