Document cloud provider instances with KVM support

README.md

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 How to install Ignite is covered in [docs/installation.md](https://ignite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html).
 
+Guidance on Cloud Providers' instances that can run Ignite is covered in [docs/cloudprovider.md](docs/cloudprovider.md).
+
 ## Getting Started
 
 **WARNING**: In it's `v0.X` series, Ignite is in **alpha**, which means that it might change in backwards-incompatible ways.

docs/cloudprovider.md

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+
+
+## Cloud Provider KVM supported instances
+
+If you intend to use a cloud provider to test Ignite, you can use the instructions below to provision an instance that satisfies the KVM system requirements described in the [installation guide](./installation.md).
+
+### Amazon Web Services
+
+#### Amazon EC2 Bare Metal Instances
+
+Amazon EC2 [bare metal instances](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/05/announcing-general-availability-of-amazon-ec2-bare-metal-instances/) provide direct access to the  Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor and memory resources of the underlying server. These instances are ideal for workloads that require access to the hardware feature set (such as Intel® VT-x), for applications that need to run in non-virtualized environments for licensing or support requirements, or for customers who wish to use their own hypervisor.
+
+Here's a list of instances with KVM support, with pricing (as of July 2019), to help you test Ignite. All the instances listed below are EBS-optimized, with 25 Gigabit available network performance and IPv6 support.
+
+| Family | Type | Pricing (US-West-2) per On Demand Linux Instance Hr | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | Instance Storage (GB) | 
+| ---- | ---- | :----: | :----: | :----: | ---- | 
+|Compute optimized | c5.metal | $4.08 | 96 |192 |EBS only | 
+| General purpose | m5.metal | $4.608 | 96 | 384 | EBS only |
+| General purpose |  m5d.metal | $5.424 | 96 | 384  |4 x 900 (SSD) |
+|Memory optimized| r5.metal| $6.048 |96 |768| EBS only| 
+|Memory optimized| r5d.metal| $6.912 | 96 |768 |4 x 900 (SSD)| 
+|Memory optimized| z1d.metal| $4.464 | 48 |384 |2 x 900 (SSD)|
+|Storage optimized| i3.metal| $4.992 | 72 | 512 | 8 x 1900 (SSD) |
+
+Use the AWS console to [launch one of these instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/LaunchingAndUsingInstances.html) and [connect to your instance using SSH](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html). Then, follow the instructions in the [installation guide](./installation.md).
+
+### Google Cloud (Source: https://blog.kubernauts.io/ignite-on-google-cloud-5d5228a5ffec)
+
+Use Google compute from a custom KVM image so that Ignite can be installed and run easily. 
+- Login to Google cloud console 
+- Open Google cloud shell
+- run the following command to create custom images with KVM enabled
+```
+gcloud compute images create nested-virt \
+  --source-image-project=ubuntu-os-cloud \
+  --source-image-family=ubuntu-1604-lts \
+  --licenses="https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/vm-options/global/licenses/enable-vmx"
+```
+- Create a compute Engine with the custom image created
+

docs/installation.md

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 Ignite runs on any Intel-based `linux/amd64` system with `KVM` support.
 AMD support is in alpha (Firecracker limitation).
 
+See [cloudprovider.md](cloudprovider.md) for guidance on running Ignite on various cloud providers and suitable instances that you could use.
+
 **Note**: You do **not** need to install any "traditional" QEMU/KVM packages, as long as
 there is virtualization support in the CPU and kernel it works.