---
title: "Federation and multi-cluster networking"
description: "Form a Calico Enterprise cluster mesh with federated endpoint identity, federated services, and multi-cluster networking for cross-cluster connectivity."
product: "Calico Enterprise"
version: "3.23 (latest)"
section: "Multi-cluster management"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/"
---

# Federation and multi-cluster networking

## [📄️Overview](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/overview.md)

[Calico Enterprise cluster mesh concepts including pod IP routability, federated workload endpoints, federated services, and identity-aware cross-cluster policy.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/overview.md)

## [📄️Creating the cluster mesh](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/kubeconfig.md)

[Connect a Calico Enterprise cluster mesh by generating per-cluster kubeconfig credentials and RemoteClusterConfiguration resources with VXLAN or WireGuard overlays.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/kubeconfig.md)

## [📄️Configure federated services](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/services-controller.md)

[Configure a Calico Enterprise federated service with the Tigera Federated Services Controller to consolidate endpoints across a cluster mesh.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/services-controller.md)

## [📄️Cluster mesh example for clusters in AWS](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/aws.md)

[Sample Calico Enterprise cluster mesh configuration that peers an on-premises cluster with an AWS VPC cluster using BGP, NLB, and the Federated Services Controller.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/multicluster/federation/aws.md)