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Reword glossary entry for “Cloud provider” #17429

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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:
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 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
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@sftim, this is a nit: What does line 18 add over line 14? Could the lines be combined or delete one of them. Seems like the content is the same.

cloud computing platforms or services.

Many cloud providers offer managed infrastructure (also called
Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS).
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Line 21: Possible edit: s/Your cloud provider might offer/Cloud providers offer managed infrastructure (also ..)/
Line 23: Add comma after storage? With managed infrastructure, .. storage, and networking
Line 27: s/manager/managed/
Line 28: capitalize nodes or not?
Line 31: Could move/delete this line and combined with Line 27:
You can also find Kubernetes as a managed service (also known as Platform as a Service, or PaaS).

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Thanks for the feedback. All sorted I think / hope.

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
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@sftim , this is a nit: Looking for symmetry with line 23, as you are now writing about managed platforms:
Suggested replace You can also find Kubernetes with something like:
Some cloud providers also offer Kubernetes as a managed service (sometimes referred to as Platform as a Service or PaaS).

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.