Installing Kubernetes with deployment tools | Kubernetes

There are many methods and tools for setting up your own production Kubernetes cluster. For example:
Cluster API: A Kubernetes sub-project focused on providing declarative APIs and tooling to simplify provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters.
kops: An automated cluster provisioning tool. For tutorials, best practices, configuration options and information on reaching out to the community, please check the kOps website for details.
kubespray: A composition of Ansible playbooks, inventory, provisioning tools, and domain knowledge for generic OS/Kubernetes clusters configuration management tasks. You can reach out to the community on Slack channel #kubespray.
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