Kubernetes Worker Node Overview - Deepstash
Kubernetes Worker Node Overview

Kubernetes Worker Node Overview

Ideas, facts & insights covering these topics:

6 ideas

·

4 reads

Explore the World's Best Ideas

Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.

Think of a Worker Node as an Airport Terminal

Think of a Worker Node as an Airport Terminal

Remember the previous analogy about the Kubernetes control plane being like an air traffic control tower? Think of a worker node as an airport terminal where planes park and passengers board.

1

1 read

Most Kubernetes clusters run with a minimum of three worker nodes.

Most Kubernetes clusters run with a minimum of three worker nodes.

This is to help ensure that the cluster is highly available and resilient to issues/outages.

1

1 read

Each worker node has three components

Each worker node has three components

  • Kubelet
  • Container Runtime
  • Kube-proxy

1

1 read

The Kubelet is an agent that runs on every worker node.

The Kubelet is responsible for making sure that containers in a pod are running and healthy.

The Kubelet communicates directly with the API server in the control plane.

1

1 read

The container runtime enables the kublet to create containers locally.

The Container Runtime Interface (CRI) can create containers with the engines:

  • Containerd
  • CRI-O
  • Kata Containers
  • AWS Firecracker

1

0 reads

The kube proxy helps the worker node communicate with peers

The kube proxy helps the worker node communicate with peers

It makes sure pods and services can communicate with other pods and services on nodes and in the control plane.

Each kube-proxy communicates directly with the Kube-apiserver.

1

0 reads

IDEAS CURATED BY

mike.berggren

Cybersecurity geek, engineering nerd, productivity enthusiast, devops wannabe, and sci-fi addict.

CURATOR'S NOTE

A brief walk-through of the Kubernetes worker node architecture.

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates