The text introduces the concept of using infrastructure as code to manage Kubernetes clusters and applications across different cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. It highlights Kubernetes as a widely-used open-source orchestration platform that leverages declarative configurations, often defined in YAML files, to manage and deploy containerized applications at scale. The article outlines the process of setting up a Kubernetes cluster using Pulumi, a tool that facilitates infrastructure as code, to create and manage cloud resources. Various configuration parameters such as node type, number of nodes, and passwords are defined to instantiate the clusters, followed by exporting a kubeconfig file for cluster management via kubectl. The article is part of a series that will further explore deploying Kubernetes applications using infrastructure as code, with future installments set to delve into basic Kubernetes objects and higher-level abstractions like deployments and replicasets.