Like any complex system, a Kubernetes cluster can be viewed from multiple perspectives. From the infrastructure perspective, it comprises two sets of nodes; they can be bare-metal servers as well as VMs:
- Masters:
This type of node is responsible for cluster management, network allocation, quota enforcement, synchronization, and communication. Master nodes act as the main point of contact for clients—be it actual people or some external system. In the simplest setup, there can be only one master, but highly available clusters require at least two to prevent common fail situations. The most important service that masters run is the API.
- Nodes:
Nodes do the actual work of hosting Docker containers. More specifically, nodes provide a runtime environment for running pods, which are described later in this book. These servers run the kubelet service...
