> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.platform9.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.platform9.com/managed-kubernetes/5.7/cluster-types.md).

# Cluster Types

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

* \*\* [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/bareos-what-is-bareos/README.md) – Platform9 uses the term **‘BareOS’** to refer to physical servers or a set of Linux virtual machines like VMWare or KVM. Clusters created using these machine types are called a **BareOS** cluster. Once created, these clusters will show up in your PMK UI with type ‘BareOS’.
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* [**auto$**](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/eks-capi-clusters/README.md) **-** Platform9 supports creating Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service(EKS) clusters, provisioned and managed using Kubernetes Cluster API.
* [**auto$**](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/aws-cluster-api/README.md) **-** Platform9 supports creating clusters natively in AWS using EC2 instances provisioned and managed using Kubernetes Cluster API. This is a newly added mechanism for creating clusters on AWS using EC2 instances and is more feature rich compared to the legacy mechanism (below).
* [**auto$**](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.
* [**auto$**](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/azure-prerequisites/README.md) – Platform9 provides native integration with Microsoft Azure to create Kubernetes clusters (non-AKS, leveraging VM instances) and manages the lifecycle of each component required to run a Kubernetes Cluster.
* Imported Clusters - Platform9 can connect to and import following types of clusters into the PMK management plane:
  * [**auto$**](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/google-cloud-prerequisites/README.md) – Platform9 can connect to and import a GKE Clusters.
  * [**auto$**](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/eks-clusters/README.md) – Platform9 can connect to and import a EKS Clusters.
  * [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/kubernetes/aks-clusters/README.md) – Platform9 can connect to and import a AKS Clusters.


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