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date: 2018-04-12
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date: 2018-04-12
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full_link: /docs/concepts/cluster-administration/cloud-providers
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full_link: /docs/concepts/cluster-administration/cloud-providers
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short_description: >
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short_description: >
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Cloud provider is a company that offers cloud computing platform that can run Kubernetes clusters.
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An organization that offers a cloud computing platform.
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aka:
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aka:
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- Cloud Service Provider
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tags:
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- community
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- community
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Cloud provider is a company that offers cloud computing platform that can run Kubernetes clusters.
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A business or other organization that offers a cloud computing platform.
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Cloud providers or sometime called Cloud Service Provider (CSPs) provides cloud computing platforms. They may offer services such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS). Cloud providers host the Kubernetes cluster and also provide services that interact with the cluster, such as Load Balancers, Storage Classes etc.
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Cloud providers, sometimes called Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), offer
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cloud computing platforms or services.
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Many cloud providers offer managed infrastructure (also called
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Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS).
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With managed infrastructure the cloud provider is responsible for
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servers, storage, and networking while you manage layers on top of that
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such as running a Kubernetes cluster.
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You can also find Kubernetes as a managed service; sometimes called
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Platform as a Service, or PaaS. With managed Kubernetes, your
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cloud provider is responsible for the Kubernetes control plane as well
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as the {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="node" text="nodes" >}} and the
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infrastructure they rely on: networking, storage, and possibly other
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elements such as load balancers.
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