Caution:kubeadm alpha provides a preview of a set of features made available for gathering feedback from the community. Please try it out and give us feedback! Currently there are no experimental commands under kubeadm alpha. What's next kubeadm init to bootstrap a Kubernetes control-plane node kubeadm join to connect a node to the cluster kubeadm reset to revert any changes made to this host by kubeadm init or kubeadm join

kubeadm init phase enables you to invoke atomic steps of the bootstrap process. Hence, you can let kubeadm do some of the work and you can fill in the gaps if you wish to apply customization. kubeadm init phase is consistent with the kubeadm init workflow, and behind the scene both use the same code. kubeadm init phase preflight Using this command you can execute preflight checks on a control-plane node.

Production-Grade Container Orchestration

When you specify a Pod, you can optionally specify how much of each resource a container needs. The most common resources to specify are CPU and memory (RAM); there are others. When you specify the resource request for containers in a Pod, the kube-scheduler uses this information to decide which node to place the Pod on. When you specify a resource limit for a container, the kubelet enforces those limits so that the running container is not allowed to use more of that resource than the limit you set.

This document describes the concept of a StorageClass in Kubernetes. Familiarity with volumes and persistent volumes is suggested. A StorageClass provides a way for administrators to describe the classes of storage they offer. Different classes might map to quality-of-service levels, or to backup policies, or to arbitrary policies determined by the cluster administrators. Kubernetes itself is unopinionated about what classes represent. The Kubernetes concept of a storage class is similar to “profiles” in some other storage system designs.

This page provides an overview of controlling access to the Kubernetes API. Users access the Kubernetes API using kubectl, client libraries, or by making REST requests. Both human users and Kubernetes service accounts can be authorized for API access. When a request reaches the API, it goes through several stages, illustrated in the following diagram: Transport security By default, the Kubernetes API server listens on port 6443 on the first non-localhost network interface, protected by TLS.

Kubernetes lets you use a public key infrastructure (PKI) to authenticate to your cluster as a client. A few steps are required in order to get a normal user to be able to authenticate and invoke an API. First, this user must have an X.509 certificate issued by an authority that your Kubernetes cluster trusts. The client must then present that certificate to the Kubernetes API. You use a CertificateSigningRequest as part of this process, and either you or some other principal must approve the request.

Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration engine for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. The open source project is hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

The architectural concepts behind Kubernetes.

If you want to control traffic flow at the IP address or port level (OSI layer 3 or 4), NetworkPolicies allow you to specify rules for traffic flow within your cluster, and also between Pods and the outside world. Your cluster must use a network plugin that supports NetworkPolicy enforcement.