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Reference Documentation

API Reference

• Kubernetes API Overview - Overview of the API for Kubernetes.
• Kubernetes API Versions
  • 1.9
  • 1.8
  • 1.7
  • 1.6
  • 1.5

API Client Libraries

To call the Kubernetes API from a programming language, you can use client libraries. Officially supported client libraries:

• Kubernetes Go client library
• Kubernetes Python client libary

CLI Reference

• kubectl - Main CLI tool for running commands and managing Kubernetes clusters.
  • JSONPath - Syntax guide for using JSONPath expressions with kubectl.
• kubeadm - CLI tool to easily provision a secure Kubernetes cluster.
• kubefed - CLI tool to help you administrate your federated clusters.

Config Reference

• 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.
• kube-apiserver - REST API that validates and configures data for API objects such as pods, services, replication controllers.
• kube-controller-manager - Daemon that embeds the core control loops shipped with Kubernetes.
• kube-proxy - Can do simple TCP/UDP stream forwarding or round-robin TCP/UDP forwarding across a set of back-ends.
• kube-scheduler - Scheduler that manages availability, performance, and capacity.
• federation-apiserver - API server for federated clusters.
• federation-controller-manager - Daemon that embeds the core control loops shipped with Kubernetes federation.

Design Docs

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