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include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
[id="hcp-overview"]
= {hcp-capital} overview
:context: hcp-overview

[role="_abstract"]
You can deploy {product-title} clusters by using two different control plane configurations: standalone or {hcp}. 

The standalone configuration uses dedicated virtual machines or physical machines to host the control plane. With {hcp} for {product-title}, you create control planes as pods on a management cluster without the need for dedicated virtual or physical machines for each control plane.

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include::modules/hosted-control-planes-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources

* link:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.16/html/clusters/cluster_mce_overview#cluster_mce_overview[Cluster lifecycle with {mce} overview ({rh-rhacm-title} official documentation)]

include::modules/hcp-ocp-differences.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../etcd/etcd-encrypt.adoc#etcd-encrypt[Enabling etcd encryption]

include::modules/hcp-mce-acm-relationship-intro.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/hcp-acm-discover.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources

* link:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.11/html/clusters/cluster_mce_overview#discover-hosted-acm[Discovering {mce-short} hosted clusters in {rh-rhacm-title} ({rh-rhacm-title} official documentation)]

include::modules/hosted-control-planes-version-support.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources

* link:https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/#api-versioning[Kubernetes API versioning]
* link:https://amd64.ocp.releases.ci.openshift.org/[AMD64 release images]
* link:https://arm64.ocp.releases.ci.openshift.org/[ARM64 release images]
* link:https://multi.ocp.releases.ci.openshift.org/[Multi-arch release images]

include::modules/hosted-control-planes-concepts-personas.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
