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# What is a Cloud Profile?

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ScaleGrid's [Cloud Profiles](https://console.scalegrid.io/application/cloudprofiles) are an abstraction of the underlying cloud platform. A Cloud Profile contains all the relevant settings for the underlying cloud - regions, Security Groups, subnets, etc.

You can create a Cloud Profile and then deploy multiple clusters to it over time. For example, you can create a production Cloud Profile and deploy all your production cluster(s) targeting this Cloud Profile.

Cloud Profiles also ensure consistent configuration across all your related clusters.

Cloud Profiles can be created for your own cloud accounts or you can use the **SYSTEM** ones that are owned by ScaleGrid on our Dedicated Hosting and Shared Hosting plans.

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  Custom Cloud Profiles
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ScaleGrid supports four distinct types of Cloud Profiles: [**AWS EC2**](https://help.scalegrid.io/docs/cloud-profile-aws-ec2-setup), [**Azure (ARM)**](https://help.scalegrid.io/docs/cloud-profile-azure-arm-setup), [**GCP**](https://help.scalegrid.io/docs/cloud-profile-gcp-setup) and [**OCI**](https://help.scalegrid.io/docs/cloud-profile-oci-setup) .

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## Other Notes

* You can access all your Cloud Profiles [here](https://console.scalegrid.io/application/cloudprofiles).
* To manage a Cloud Profile, visit its details page and click on the *Manage* button for more options.