From 11486ac437b4ad8042715bf1409a6c69b32e5cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunil Singh <sunil.singh@suse.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:22:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Adding back custom cluster section with updated links to
 RKE2/K3s sites.

Signed-off-by: Sunil Singh <sunil.singh@suse.com>
---
 .../communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md          | 6 ++++++
 .../communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md          | 6 ++++++
 .../communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md          | 6 ++++++
 .../communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md          | 6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md b/docs/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
index f42e97da652..3ae8570ed09 100644
--- a/docs/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
+++ b/docs/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ Rancher can dynamically provision nodes in a provider such as Amazon EC2, Digita
 
 Rancher provisions this type of cluster using [docker-machine.](https://github.com/rancher/machine)
 
+### Rancher Launched Kubernetes for Custom Nodes
+
+When setting up this type of cluster, Rancher installs Kubernetes on existing nodes, which creates a custom cluster.
+
+Rancher provisions this type of cluster using https://github.com/rancher/rke2[RKE2] or https://github.com/rancher/k3s[K3s].
+
 ### Hosted Kubernetes Providers
 
 When setting up this type of cluster, Kubernetes is installed by providers such as Google Kubernetes Engine, Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes, or Azure Kubernetes Service.
diff --git a/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md b/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
index 21326c85789..fed67eac009 100644
--- a/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
+++ b/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ Rancher 可以动态启动云上（如 Amazon EC2、DigitalOcean、Azure 或 vSp
 
 Rancher 使用 [docker-machine](https://github.com/rancher/machine) 来配置这类型的集群。
 
+### Rancher Launched Kubernetes for Custom Nodes
+
+When setting up this type of cluster, Rancher installs Kubernetes on existing nodes, which creates a custom cluster.
+
+Rancher provisions this type of cluster using https://github.com/rancher/rke2[RKE2] or https://github.com/rancher/k3s[K3s].
+
 ### 托管的 Kubernetes 提供商
 
 配置此类集群时，Kubernetes 由云提供商安装，如 GKE、ECS 或 AKS 等。
diff --git a/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md b/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
index d08db8494df..1d9122d5f3b 100644
--- a/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
+++ b/i18n/zh/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ Rancher 可以动态启动云上（如 Amazon EC2、DigitalOcean、Azure 或 vSp
 
 Rancher 使用 [docker-machine](https://github.com/rancher/machine) 来配置这类型的集群。
 
+### Rancher Launched Kubernetes for Custom Nodes
+
+When setting up this type of cluster, Rancher installs Kubernetes on existing nodes, which creates a custom cluster.
+
+Rancher provisions this type of cluster using https://github.com/rancher/rke2[RKE2] or https://github.com/rancher/k3s[K3s].
+
 ### 托管的 Kubernetes 提供商
 
 配置此类集群时，Kubernetes 由云提供商安装，如 GKE、ECS 或 AKS 等。
diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md b/versioned_docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
index f42e97da652..3ae8570ed09 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-2.12/reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ Rancher can dynamically provision nodes in a provider such as Amazon EC2, Digita
 
 Rancher provisions this type of cluster using [docker-machine.](https://github.com/rancher/machine)
 
+### Rancher Launched Kubernetes for Custom Nodes
+
+When setting up this type of cluster, Rancher installs Kubernetes on existing nodes, which creates a custom cluster.
+
+Rancher provisions this type of cluster using https://github.com/rancher/rke2[RKE2] or https://github.com/rancher/k3s[K3s].
+
 ### Hosted Kubernetes Providers
 
 When setting up this type of cluster, Kubernetes is installed by providers such as Google Kubernetes Engine, Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes, or Azure Kubernetes Service.