Correction to RKE docs about vSphere cloud provider

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Catherine Luse
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In order to provision Kubernetes clusters in vSphere with the RKE CLI, you must enable the vSphere cloud provider.
The vSphere cloud provider must also be enabled in order to provision clusters with Rancher, which uses RKE as a library when provisioning [RKE clusters.]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/)
This section describes how to enable the vSphere cloud provider. You will need to use the `cloud_provider` directive in the cluster YAML file.
The [vSphere Cloud Provider](https://vmware.github.io/vsphere-storage-for-kubernetes/documentation/) interacts with VMware infrastructure (vCenter or standalone ESXi server) to provision and manage storage for persistent volumes in a Kubernetes cluster.
This section describes how to enable the vSphere cloud provider. You will need to use the `cloud_provider` directive in the cluster YAML file.
When provisioning Kubernetes using RKE CLI or using [RKE clusters]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/) in Rancher, the vSphere Cloud Provider can be enabled by configuring the `cloud_provider` directive in the cluster YAML file.
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