An overview of the key components that make up a Kubernetes cluster.

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This page covers how to customize the components that kubeadm deploys. For control plane components you can use flags in the ClusterConfiguration structure or patches per-node. For the kubelet and kube-proxy you can use KubeletConfiguration and KubeProxyConfiguration, accordingly. All of these options are possible via the kubeadm configuration API. For more details on each field in the configuration you can navigate to our API reference pages. Note:Customizing the CoreDNS deployment of kubeadm is currently not supported.

This page explains two different approaches to setting up a highly available Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm: With stacked control plane nodes. This approach requires less infrastructure. The etcd members and control plane nodes are co-located. With an external etcd cluster. This approach requires more infrastructure. The control plane nodes and etcd members are separated. Before proceeding, you should carefully consider which approach best meets the needs of your applications and environment.

System component metrics can give a better look into what is happening inside them. Metrics are particularly useful for building dashboards and alerts. Kubernetes components emit metrics in Prometheus format. This format is structured plain text, designed so that people and machines can both read it. Metrics in Kubernetes In most cases metrics are available on /metrics endpoint of the HTTP server. For components that don't expose endpoint by default, it can be enabled using --bind-address flag.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.18 [stable] This page provides an overview of NodeLocal DNSCache feature in Kubernetes. Before you begin You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. It is recommended to run this tutorial on a cluster with at least two nodes that are not acting as control plane hosts. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds:

This page shows how to configure Pods so that they will be assigned particular Quality of Service (QoS) classes. Kubernetes uses QoS classes to make decisions about evicting Pods when Node resources are exceeded. When Kubernetes creates a Pod it assigns one of these QoS classes to the Pod: Guaranteed Burstable BestEffort Before you begin You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster.

This page provides hints on diagnosing DNS problems. Before you begin You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. It is recommended to run this tutorial on a cluster with at least two nodes that are not acting as control plane hosts. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds:

Define a range of valid CPU resource limits for a namespace, so that every new Pod in that namespace falls within the range you configure.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.26 [stable] Kubernetes keeps many aspects of how pods execute on nodes abstracted from the user. This is by design. However, some workloads require stronger guarantees in terms of latency and/or performance in order to operate acceptably. The kubelet provides methods to enable more complex workload placement policies while keeping the abstraction free from explicit placement directives. For detailed information on resource management, please refer to the Resource Management for Pods and Containers documentation.