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Cluster API Operator supports four lifecycles for a Provider. If you have managed a Provider in a Bootstrap cluster using clusterctl you are already familiar with them. If not let’s dive into the details. Before we dive into the lifecycle let’s check...

Prerequisite Kubernetes cluster — I have used a kind cluster on my local machine. For demo and follow-through purposes this should be enough, if you want to use a proper cloud or self-hosted cluster and use it as a Bootstrap cluster for later, the s...
