Merge pull request kubernetes-sigs#9706 from dtzar/operator-quickstart

📖 Add CAPI Operator Quickstart

Author: k8s-ci-robot

docs/book/src/SUMMARY.md

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 [Introduction](./introduction.md)
 [Quick Start](./user/quick-start.md)
+[Quick Start Operator](./user/quick-start-operator.md)
 [Concepts](./user/concepts.md)
 [Personas](./user/personas.md)
 - [Tasks](./tasks/index.md)

docs/book/src/user/quick-start-operator.md

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+# Cluster API Operator Quickstart
+
+This section provides a quickstart guide for using the Cluster API Operator to create a Kubernetes cluster.
+To use the `clusterctl` quickstart path, visit [this quickstart guide](./quick-start.md).
+
+{{#embed-github repo:"kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator" path:"docs/quickstart.md" }}

docs/book/src/user/quick-start.md

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 ## Installation
 
+There are two major quickstart paths:  Using clusterctl or the Cluster API Operator.  
+ 
+ This article describes a path that uses the `clusterctl` CLI tool to handle the lifecycle of a Cluster API [management cluster](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/glossary#management-cluster).
+
+The clusterctl command line interface is specifically designed for providing a simple “day 1 experience” and a quick start with Cluster API. It automates fetching the YAML files defining [provider components](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/glossary#provider-components) and installing them.
+
+Additionally it encodes a set of best practices in managing providers, that helps the user in avoiding mis-configurations or in managing day 2 operations such as upgrades.
+
+The Cluster API Operator is a Kubernetes Operator built on top of clusterctl and designed to empower cluster administrators to handle the lifecycle of Cluster API providers within a management cluster using a declarative approach. It aims to improve user experience in deploying and managing Cluster API, making it easier to handle day-to-day tasks and automate workflows with GitOps. Visit the [CAPI Operator quickstart] if you want to experiment with this tool.
+
 ### Common Prerequisites
 
 - Install and setup [kubectl] in your local environment
@@ -1613,3 +1623,4 @@ kind delete cluster
 [provider components]: ../reference/glossary.md#provider-components
 [vSphere getting started guide]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md
 [workload cluster]: ../reference/glossary.md#workload-cluster
+[CAPI Operator quickstart]: ./quick-start-operator.md