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.

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.