kubelet

The kubelet is the primary 'node agent' in Kubernetes that runs on each worker node in a cluster, reading container manifests from the Kubernetes API server to ensure that the defined pods and containers are running and healthy. It manages the container lifecycle, including starting, stopping,…

Key facts

First appeared: 2014
Category: technology
Problem solved: Managing container lifecycle on individual nodes in a cluster without manual intervention, ensuring pods match the desired state specified by the control plane even if the node restarts or containers fail.
Platforms: Linux, Windows

Related technologies

CRI-O
etcd
Docker
containerd
Kubernetes
kube-apiserver

Notable users

Google
IBM
Red Hat
AWS
Microsoft