docs: DOC-2135: Crossplane v2 Support (#8039)

* Initial Crossplane updates

* AWS and Azure updates

* AWS tweaks; first rough draft

* AWS section complete; DOC-2218 included

* Azure modifications

* Final updates; GCP complete

* Minor touch ups

* Incorporating changes from code review

Author: achuribooks

_partials/crossplane/_cluster-profile-existing.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+partial_category: crossplane
+partial_name: cluster-profile-existing
+---
+
+1. Log in to [Palette](https://console.spectrocloud.com/). Ensure you log in as the tenant under which you
+will deploy your cluster, and select the appropriate project.
+
+2. From the left main menu, select **Clusters**.
+
+3. Select the cluster profile to use.
+
+4. From the browser address bar, copy the cluster profile URL, and set it as a variable.
+
+    ```shell
+    URL=<cluster-profile-URL>
+    ```
+
+    ```shell hideClipboard title="Example URL"
+    URL=https://console.spectrocloud.com/projects/6342eab2faa0813ead9082e0/profiles/cluster/689a4460ab5cs617a5afa29a
+    ```
+
+5. Use the cluster profile URL to fetch the value of your cluster profile ID and set it as a variable. 
+
+    ```shell
+    CLUSTER_PROFILE_ID="$(basename "${URL%/}")"
+    echo Cluster Profile ID: $CLUSTER_PROFILE_ID
+    ```
+
+    ```shell hideClipboard title="Example output"
+    Cluster Profile ID: 689a4460ab5cs617a5afa29a
+    ```

_partials/crossplane/_install-crossplane.mdx

@@ -7,14 +7,7 @@ partial_name: install-crossplane
     your cluster.
 
     ```bash
-    kubectl cluster-info --context <cluster-name>
-    ```
-
-    ```text hideClipboard title="Example output"
-    Kubernetes control plane is running at https://127.0.0.1:65306
-    CoreDNS is running at https://127.0.0.1:65306/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kube-dns:dns/proxy
-
-    To further debug and diagnose cluster problems, use 'kubectl cluster-info dump'.
+    kubectl config use-context <cluster-name>
     ```
 
 2.  Next, add the Crossplane Helm chart.
@@ -44,7 +37,7 @@ partial_name: install-crossplane
 
     ```bash hideClipboard title="Example output"
     NAME: crossplane
-    LAST DEPLOYED: Fri Aug  8 08:27:46 2025
+    LAST DEPLOYED: Wed Sep  3 14:08:39 2025
     NAMESPACE: crossplane-system
     STATUS: deployed
     REVISION: 1
@@ -54,8 +47,8 @@ partial_name: install-crossplane
 
     Chart Name: crossplane
     Chart Description: Crossplane is an open source Kubernetes add-on that enables platform teams to assemble infrastructure from multiple vendors, and expose higher level self-service APIs for application teams to consume.
-    Chart Version: 1.20.0
-    Chart Application Version: 1.20.0
+    Chart Version: 2.0.2
+    Chart Application Version: 2.0.2
 
     Kube Version: v1.33.1
     ```

_partials/crossplane/_palette-crossplane-provider-version.mdx

@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ value manually.
 PALETTE_CROSSPLANE_PROVIDER_VERSION=$(curl --silent https://api.github.com/repos/crossplane-contrib/provider-palette/releases/latest | jq --raw-output .tag_name)
 echo Palette Crossplane Provider Version: $PALETTE_CROSSPLANE_PROVIDER_VERSION
 ```
+
+```bash hideClipboard title="Example output"
+Palette Crossplane Provider Version: v0.24.4
+```

_partials/crossplane/_provider-palette-created.mdx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 partial_category: crossplane
 partial_name: provider-palette-created
 ---
-    
+
 ```bash hideClipboard title="Example output"
 provider.pkg.crossplane.io/provider-palette created
 ```
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ kubectl get providers
 
 ```text hideClipboard title="Example output"
 NAME               INSTALLED   HEALTHY   PACKAGE                                                       AGE
-provider-palette   True        True      xpkg.upbound.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-palette:v0.24.0   40s
+provider-palette   True        True      xpkg.upbound.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-palette:v0.24.4   40s
 ```

_partials/crossplane/_provider-palette-yaml.mdx

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ kind: Provider
 metadata:
   name: provider-palette
 spec:
-  package: xpkg.upbound.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-palette:v0.24.0
+  package: xpkg.upbound.io/crossplane-contrib/provider-palette:v0.24.4
  ```

_partials/crossplane/_secret-cloud-yaml.mdx

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ stringData:
     {
     "api_key": "**************",
     "project_name": "Default",
-    "host": "console.spectrocloud.com"
+    "host": "console.spectrocloud.com",
+    "ignore_insecure_tls_error": "true",
+    "retry_attempts": "1",
+    "trace": "true"
     }
  ```

docs/docs-content/automation/crossplane/crossplane.md

@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@ infrastructure provider API to request the creation of the resource within the p
 
 ## Palette Provider
 
-You can use the Palette Crossplane Provider to interact with the Palette API and create resources declaratively.
+You can use the Palette Crossplane provider to interact with the Palette API and create resources declaratively.
 
 Refer to the [Palette Provider](https://marketplace.upbound.io/providers/crossplane-contrib/provider-palette/latest)
 page for a complete list of managed resources and examples.
 
 ## Get Started
 
-For examples of end-to-end cluster provisioning with Crossplane, review the following guides:
+You can use the Palette Crossplane Provider to deploy Kubernetes clusters on supported public cloud, data center, and
+bare metal infrastructures. For examples of end-to-end cluster provisioning with Crossplane, review the following
+guides:
 
 - [Deploy an AWS IaaS Cluster with Crossplane](./deploy-cluster-aws-crossplane.md)
 - [Deploy an Azure IaaS Cluster with Crossplane](./deploy-cluster-azure-crossplane.md)