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Island 1 · Core Concepts · Port 1.1

The Cluster Map

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Every Kubernetes cluster is just 7 parts. Learn this one picture and everything after it gets easier.
You'll learn to

name the control plane and worker parts and say what each does in one line

Recap

  1. 1Control plane decides, nodes run
  2. 2Everything talks through the API server
  3. 3Only the API server talks to etcd
Check yourself

Which part is the only one that talks to etcd?

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