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+id: cloud-controller-manager
+name: Cloud Controller Manager
+full-link: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/running-cloud-controller/
+tags:
+- core-object
+- architecture
+- operation
+short-description: >
+  Cloud Controller Manager is an alpha feature in 1.8. In upcoming releases it will be the preferred way to integrate Kubernetes with any cloud.
+long-description: >
+  Kubernetes v1.6 contains a new binary called cloud-controller-manager. cloud-controller-manager is a daemon that embeds cloud-specific control loops. 
+  These cloud-specific control loops were originally in the kube-controller-manager. Since cloud providers develop and release at a different pace compared to the Kubernetes 
+  project, abstracting the provider-specific code to the cloud-controller-manager binary allows cloud vendors to evolve independently from the core Kubernetes code.