Architecture and desired state
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In this lesson
name the components and the reconciliation loop.
Planned topics
- Control plane: API server, etcd (state store), scheduler, controller manager.
- Nodes run the kubelet and a container runtime; pods run on nodes.
- Controllers watch actual state and act to reach the desired state (a reconciliation loop).
- Everything goes through the API server;
kubectlis a client.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
diagram: kubectl apply → API server → etcd → scheduler → kubelet starts the pod.
Check your understanding
Which component stores cluster state?
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etcd, via the API server.
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