K8s definitions
Control Plane. It’s the virtual space or machine host responsible of managing the cluster. Cluster. The abstract group formed by all the k8s machines (virtual or not). Node. One of the worker machines associated to a cluster that run apps. The bees to our hive. Node Process. An app or work order running inside a Node. Deployment. Service. ReplicaSet.
Useful remarks
- A production ready cluster should have a minimum of three working nodes at any time.
- A cluster can be deployed on either physical or virtual machines.
- Minikube is a lightweight k8s implementation that makes a VM in your local machine.
Upon finishing the read it takes you to [Hello Minikube]
Sources
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/create-cluster/cluster-intro/