# Problem creating cluster - RKE

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-creating-cluster-rke/20103>\
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\
**Created:** [April 20, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-creating-cluster-rke/20103 "2021-04-20T12:31:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamrizzi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jamrizzi/32/2256_2.png) [@jamrizzi](https://forums.suse.com/u/jamrizzi)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-creating-cluster-rke/20103/3 "2021-05-01T11:14:26Z")

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So, it turns out that my issue was because Rancher deletes the nodes I try to register because they are not part of the cloud provider. Am am moving this to a new top at the link below.

 ![Screenshot from 2021-05-01 06-09-05](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/b/b2469082d04b2096b26ab67e30df87bd75e87671.png)

> [@Deleting node because it does not exist in the cloud provider](http://forums.suse.com/t/deleting-node-because-it-does-not-exist-in-the-cloud-provider/20187):
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> Sometime I need to add custom nodes to a cloud provided cluster, however rancher deletes them when I try to add them.

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