added more info about clusters

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Mark Bishop
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title: Clusters
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# Clusters
Coming Soon
## What's a Cluster?
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A cluster is a group of computing resources that work as a team to accomplish a goal. Each individual computer in a cluster is called a _node_.
## Cluster Creation
Coming Soon
Rancher simplifies creation of Kubernetes clusters by allowing you to create them with the Rancher UI rather than a config file.
### Node Components
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RKE is Rancher’s own lightweight Kubernetes installer. It works with any cloud providers, virtualization platforms, or bare metal servers. It integrates with node drivers to automatically provision nodes on AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, vSphere, OpenStack, etc. Users can add custom nodes to the cluster by running the Rancher agent on these nodes.
#### Cloud-Managed Kubernetes Clusters
Rancher integrates with cloud APIs so users can provision GKE, EKS, and AKS clusters directly from Rancher. New cloud managed Kubernetes clusters will be added as they become available.
#### Imported Clusters
Users can existing Kubernetes cluster into Rancher. Rancher does not automate the provisioning, scaling, and upgrade of imported Kubernetes clusters. All other cluster management, policy management, and workload management capabilities of Rancher apply to imported clustered.
##### RKE and Amazon AWS EC2: Adding Hosts
When setting up a custom cluster configured to run with an AWS cloud provider, any hosts you add to the cluster:
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#### Cloud-Managed Kubernetes Clusters
Rancher integrates with cloud APIs so users can provision GKE, EKS, and AKS clusters directly from Rancher. New cloud managed Kubernetes clusters will be added as they become available.
#### Imported Clusters
Users can existing Kubernetes cluster into Rancher. Rancher does not automate the provisioning, scaling, and upgrade of imported Kubernetes clusters. All other cluster management, policy management, and workload management capabilities of Rancher apply to imported clustered.
### Kubeconfig File
Coming Soon!