K8s worker node

What is a worker node?

A Kubernetes worker node is a physical or virtual machine within the cluster that actually runs your pods.

Worker node components

• kubelet process: This kubelet process helps worker nodes communicate with the control plane so that the worker node behaves as required.
• kube-proxy process: A networking proxy that’s responsible for load balancing & routing traffic to the correct pods.
• Container runtime: The process that runs the containers on the worker nodes.