# Cluster Types

In this document, we will explore the different types of Kubernetes clusters Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) supports today.

* [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/bareos-what-is-bareos/README.md) – Platform9 uses the term **‘BareOS’** to refer to physical servers or a set of Linux virtual machines like VMWare or KVM. Clusters created using these machine types are called a **BareOS** cluster. Once created, these clusters will show up in your PMK UI with type ‘BareOS’.
* [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/aws-prerequisites/README.md) – This is the PMK legacy mechanism to create clusters natively in AWS using EC2 instances and using Platform9's native Qbert cluster management APIs.