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| Cloud Provider | cloud-provider | 2018-04-12 | /docs/concepts/cluster-administration/cloud-providers | An organization that offers a cloud computing platform. |
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A business or other organization that offers a cloud computing platform.
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.