Kubernetes architecture: Kubernetes

Kubernetes, often referred to as K8s, is a powerful open-source platform for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Its architecture is designed as a distributed system , with components spread across multiple nodes to ensure scalability and reliability. A Kubernetes cluster consists of a control plane plus a set of worker machines, called nodes, that run containerized applications. Every cluster needs at least one worker node in order to run Pods. The worker node (s) host the Pods that are the components of the application workload. As seen in the following diagram, Kubernetes follows client-server architecture. Wherein, we have master installed on one machine and the node on separate Linux machines. Kubernetes comes with a client-server architecture. It consists of master and worker nodes, with the master being installed on a single Linux system and the nodes on many Linux workstations.