Introducing the Gardener project
The Gardener (https://gardener.cloud/) project is an open source project developed by SAP. It lets you manage thousands (yes, thousands!) of Kubernetes clusters efficiently and economically. Gardener solves a very complex problem, and the solution is elegant but not simple. In this section, we will cover the terminology of Gardener, its conceptual model, dive deep into its architecture, and learn about its features of extensibility. The primary theme of Gardener is to use Kubernetes to manage Kubernetes clusters. A good way to think about Gardener is as Kubernetes-control-plane-as-a-service.
Understanding the terminology of Gardener
The Gardener project, as you may have guessed, uses botanical terminology to describe the world. There is a garden, which is a Kubernetes cluster that is responsible for managing seed clusters. A seed is a Kubernetes cluster that is responsible for managing a set of shoot clusters. A shoot cluster is a Kubernetes...