In the reference section, you can find reference documentation for Kubernetes APIs, CLIs, and tools, as well as our glossary and design docs.

API References

CLI References

  • kubectl - Runs commands against Kubernetes clusters.
  • kube-apiserver - REST API that validates and configures data for API objects such as pods, services, replication controllers.
  • kube-proxy - Can do simple TCP/UDP stream forwarding or round-robin TCP/UDP forwarding across a set of backends.
  • kubelet - The primary "node agent" that runs on each node. The kubelet takes a set of PodSpecs and ensures that the described containers are running and healthy.

Glossary

Explore the glossary of essential Kubernetes concepts. Some good starting points are the entries for Pods, Nodes, Services, and ReplicaSets.

Design Docs

An archive of the design docs for Kubernetes functionality. Good starting points are Kubernetes Architecture and Kubernetes Design Overview.