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Quick Start with Kubernetes

Glossary

Explore fundamental Kubernetes vocabulary and concepts to build a strong foundation. Understand essential components such as pods, controllers, deployments, and the cluster’s control plane. This glossary helps you confidently navigate Kubernetes terminology for effective container management.

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Terminology

This glossary defines some of the most common Kubernetes-related terms used in the course.

  • API server: This is part of the Kubernetes control plane and runs on all control-plane nodes. All communication with Kubernetes and kubectl commands and responses go through the API Server.

  • Container: A container is an application and dependencies packaged to run on Docker or Kubernetes. In addition to application stuff, every container is an isolated virtual operating system with its own process tree, filesystem, shared memory, and more.

  • Cloud-native: This is an application that can self-heal, scale on demand, and perform rolling updates and rollbacks. It’s usually a microservices app that runs on Kubernetes.

  • Container runtime: ...