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title: Cloud Provider
title: Cloud provider
id: cloud-provider
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.
A company that offers a cloud computing platform
aka:
aka:
- Cloud service provider
tags:
- community
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Cloud provider is a company that offers cloud computing platform that can run Kubernetes clusters.
A company 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, sometime called Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), provide
cloud computing platforms.

In connection with Kubernetes, your cloud provider might offer managed
infrastructure (also called Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS). With
managed infrastructure the cloud provider is responsible for servers,
storage and networking whilst you manage layers on top of that such as
running a Kubernetes cluster.

You can also find Kubernetes as a service that is managed for you. Your
cloud provider is responsible for the Kubernetes control plane as well
as the Nodes and the infrastructure they rely on: networking, storage,
and possibly other elements such as load balancers.
When your cloud provider offers a managed Kubernetes service, that is
sometimes called Platform as a Service, or PaaS.

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