diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/cloud-provider.md b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/cloud-provider.md index d897cc69a2a8a..84b4d6fcac90f 100755 --- a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/cloud-provider.md +++ b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/cloud-provider.md @@ -4,15 +4,29 @@ 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. + An organization that offers a cloud computing platform. -aka: +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. - + -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.