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