What Kubernetes components are used in Smart Village Project?
Both Kubernetes API objects and OpenShift API Objects
Kubernetes Components
Pod, Service, Replication Controller, Config Map, Secret
Kubernetes is for developers who want to run their applications in the cloud, interact with them, and scale them in a well defined API (Application Programming Interface). Developers don't have to manage the actual containers or machines running the application. They define the individual components to define how to run the application and make it available on the web. There are some main Kubernetes components that bring an application to life.
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- Pod
- A group of containers with shared storage and network resources running the same application. A Pod has a unique name and is grouped in a namespace. It defines the memory and CPU limits, health checks, environment variables, open ports, and the base container image for the application.
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- Service
- An internal network service to load balance requests to pods. A Service is linked to pods that match the same selectors. It names the ports of the application to expose to the web and assigns them an internal IP address.
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- ReplicationController
- Ensures that a specified number of pod replicas are running at any one time. A ReplicationController is also linked to pods that match the same selectors. Unlike manually created pods, the pods maintained by a ReplicationController are automatically replaced if they fail, are deleted, or are terminated.
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- ConfigMap
- Stores non-confidential data in key-value pairs. Pods can consume ConfigMaps as environment variables, command-line arguments, or as configuration files in a volume.
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- Secret
- A Secret is an object that contains a small amount of sensitive data such as a password, a token, or a key. Pods can consume Secrets as environment variables, command-line arguments, or as configuration files in a volume. Using a Secret means that you don't need to include confidential data in your application code.
These core Kubernetes components bring an application to life and keep it running stable. However, Kubernetes doesn't address everything related to running your application the way you want. Red Hat OpenShift builds upon the core Kubernetes components to give application developers even more power to deploy their applications.
OpenShift Components
Deployment Config, Route, Image Stream
OpenShift supplies Kubernetes with extra powerful components for managing container images and their versions, automatic image builds based off of triggers, routes for assigning hostnames and site certificates, and deployment configurations for all of your applications.
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- DeploymentConfig
- Describes the desired state of a particular component of the application as a pod template. DeploymentConfig objects involve one or more replication controllers, which contain a point-in-time record of the state of a deployment. They support automatically rolling back to the last successfully deployed replica set in case of a failure. Every change in the DeploymentConfig template of a deployment automatically triggers a new rollout.
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- Route
- A route allows you to host your application at a public URL. Routes have built-in powerful features for managing secure TLS certificates for your applications. Adding this annotation to a Route will trigger the automatic creation and renewal of the route TLS certificate: kubernetes.io/tls-acme: 'true'
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- ImageStream
- An image stream and its associated tags provide an abstraction for referencing container images from within OpenShift Container Platform. You can tag, rollback a tag, and quickly deal with images, without having to re-push. You can trigger builds and deployments when a new image is pushed to the registry.
These are some examples of some powerful features provided by OpenShift when comparing OpenShift DeploymentConfigs and Routes to Kubernetes Deployments and Ingress.
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| May 12 2022 | What Kubernetes components are used in Smart Village Project? | Both Kubernetes API objects and OpenShift API Objects | Christopher Tate |
| Kubernetes Components | Pod, Service, Replication Controller, Config Map, Secret |
| OpenShift Components | Deployment Config, Route, Image Stream |