The Kubernetes model for connecting containers Now that you have a continuously running, replicated application you can expose it on a network. Kubernetes assumes that pods can communicate with other pods, regardless of which host they land on. Kubernetes gives every pod its own cluster-private IP address, so you do not need to explicitly create links between pods or map container ports to host ports. This means that containers within a Pod can all reach each other's ports on localhost, and all pods in a cluster can see each other without NAT.

Resource Types CloudControllerManagerConfiguration LeaderMigrationConfiguration KubeControllerManagerConfiguration ClientConnectionConfiguration Appears in: KubeSchedulerConfiguration GenericControllerManagerConfiguration ClientConnectionConfiguration contains details for constructing a client. FieldDescription kubeconfig [Required] string kubeconfig is the path to a KubeConfig file. acceptContentTypes [Required] string acceptContentTypes defines the Accept header sent by clients when connecting to a server, overriding the default value of 'application/json'. This field will control all connections to the server used by a particular client. contentType [Required] string contentType is the content type used when sending data to the server from this client.

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Resource Types Preference Preference Preference stores elements of KubeRC configuration file FieldDescription apiVersionstringkubectl.config.k8s.io/v1beta1 kindstringPreference defaults [Required] []CommandDefaults defaults allow changing default option values of commands. This is especially useful, when user doesn't want to explicitly set options each time. aliases [Required] []AliasOverride aliases allow defining command aliases for existing kubectl commands, with optional default option values. If the alias name collides with a built-in command, built-in command always takes precedence. Option overrides defined in the defaults section do NOT apply to aliases for the same command.

This document catalogs the communication paths between the API server and the Kubernetes cluster. The intent is to allow users to customize their installation to harden the network configuration such that the cluster can be run on an untrusted network (or on fully public IPs on a cloud provider). Node to Control Plane Kubernetes has a "hub-and-spoke" API pattern. All API usage from nodes (or the pods they run) terminates at the API server.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.11 [beta] Cloud infrastructure technologies let you run Kubernetes on public, private, and hybrid clouds. Kubernetes believes in automated, API-driven infrastructure without tight coupling between components. The cloud-controller-manager is a Kubernetes control plane component that embeds cloud-specific control logic. The cloud controller manager lets you link your cluster into your cloud provider's API, and separates out the components that interact with that cloud platform from components that only interact with your cluster.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.33 [stable](enabled by default) Sidecar containers are the secondary containers that run along with the main application container within the same Pod. These containers are used to enhance or to extend the functionality of the primary app container by providing additional services, or functionality such as logging, monitoring, security, or data synchronization, without directly altering the primary application code. Typically, you only have one app container in a Pod.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.23 [stable] Your Kubernetes cluster includes dual-stack networking, which means that cluster networking lets you use either address family. In a cluster, the control plane can assign both an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address to a single Pod or a Service. Before you begin You need to have installed the kubeadm tool, following the steps from Installing kubeadm. For each server that you want to use as a node, make sure it allows IPv6 forwarding.

A cluster is a set of nodes (physical or virtual machines) running Kubernetes agents, managed by the control plane. Kubernetes v1.34 supports clusters with up to 5,000 nodes. More specifically, Kubernetes is designed to accommodate configurations that meet all of the following criteria: No more than 110 pods per node No more than 5,000 nodes No more than 150,000 total pods No more than 300,000 total containers You can scale your cluster by adding or removing nodes.

In Kubernetes, some objects are owners of other objects. For example, a ReplicaSet is the owner of a set of Pods. These owned objects are dependents of their owner. Ownership is different from the labels and selectors mechanism that some resources also use. For example, consider a Service that creates EndpointSlice objects. The Service uses labels to allow the control plane to determine which EndpointSlice objects are used for that Service.