====== Cloud Provider ====== [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]] ===== Discussion ===== A Cloud Provider is a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider|Provider]] that supplies remotely accessible, service-managed computing, storage, networking, platform, application, or management capabilities. The Cloud Provider exposes its capabilities through service interfaces, application programming interfaces, management consoles, command-line tools, or automation mechanisms. A Cloud Provider may operate public, private, community, sovereign, or specialized cloud services. The term identifies the provider role rather than a specific commercial or deployment model. Within the Crucible architecture, a provider plugin encapsulates Cloud Provider-specific behavior so that core orchestration functions do not depend directly on a cloud-specific software development kit or service interface. ===== Definition ===== //[[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider|provider]] that supplies remotely accessible, service-managed computing, storage, networking, platform, application, or management capabilities// ===== Source ===== Generalized from cloud-computing, infrastructure-service, platform-service, and service-provider usage and specialized for the Crucible architecture and operational model. ===== Note ===== A Cloud Provider may be a commercial organization, government organization, internal enterprise service, consortium, or other operating body. A Cloud Provider differs from a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:cloud_environment|Cloud Environment]]. The provider supplies or operates the service, while the environment contains the resources and services made available for use. ===== Example ===== Oracle Cloud Infrastructure acts as a Cloud Provider by supplying compute, networking, storage, identity, image, and load-balancing services through managed service interfaces. ---- © 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.