--- title: Setting up the vSphere Cloud Provider --- In this section, you'll learn how to set up a vSphere cloud provider for a Rancher managed RKE Kubernetes cluster in vSphere. ## In-tree Cloud Provider To use the in-tree vSphere cloud provider, you will need to use an RKE configuration option. For details, refer to [this page.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/launch-kubernetes-with-rancher/set-up-cloud-providers/vsphere/configure-in-tree-vsphere.md) ## Out-of-tree Cloud Provider _Available as of v2.5+_ To set up the out-of-tree vSphere cloud provider, you will need to install Helm charts from the Rancher marketplace. For details, refer to [this page.](../how-to-guides/new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/launch-kubernetes-with-rancher/set-up-cloud-providers/vsphere/configure-out-of-tree-vsphere.md)