# Environments When you create a cluster with `cortex cluster up`, an environment with the same name as your cluster is automatically created to point to your cluster and is configured to be the default environment. You can name the environment something else via the `--configure-env` flag, e.g. `cortex cluster up --configure-env prod`. You can also use the `--configure-env` flag with `cortex cluster info` to create / update the specified environment. You can list your environments with `cortex env list`, change the default environment with `cortex env default`, rename an environment with `cortex env rename`, delete an environment with `cortex env delete`, and create/update an environment with `cortex env configure`. ## Multiple clusters ```bash cortex cluster up cluster1.yaml --configure-env cluster1 # configures the cluster1 env cortex cluster up cluster2.yaml --configure-env cluster2 # configures the cluster2 env cortex deploy --env cluster1 cortex delete my-api --env cluster1 cortex deploy --env cluster2 cortex delete my-api --env cluster2 ``` ## Multiple clusters, if you omitted the `--configure-env` on `cortex cluster up` ```bash cortex cluster info cluster1.yaml --configure-env cluster1 # configures the cluster1 env cortex cluster info cluster2.yaml --configure-env cluster2 # configures the cluster2 env cortex deploy --env cluster1 cortex delete my-api --env cluster1 cortex deploy --env cluster2 cortex delete my-api --env cluster2 ``` ## Configure `cortex` CLI to connect to an existing cluster If you are installing the `cortex` CLI on a new machine, you can configure it to access an existing Cortex cluster. On the machine which already has the CLI configured, run: ```bash cortex env list ``` Take note of the environment name and operator endpoint of the desired environment. On your new machine, run: ```bash cortex env configure ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cortexlabs.com/0.39/clusters/management/environments.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.