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The Key Concepts of Kubernetes

In this article, I’ll explain the fundamental components of the Kubernetes operating philosophy. To understand how Kubernetes works, there are two related concepts you need to understand.

Each thing Kubernetes manages is represented by an object, and you can view and change these objects’ attributes and states.

Kubernetes expects you to tell it what you want the state of the objects under its management to be.

Formally, a Kubernetes object is defined as a persistent entity that represents the state of something running in a cluster, its desired state, and its current state.