What Is Api in Kubernetes

The Kubernetes API is the front end of the Kubernetes control plane and is how users interact with their Kubernetes cluster. … In essence, the API is the interface used to manage, create, and configure Kubernetes clusters. It’s how the users, external components, and parts of your cluster all communicate with each other.

What are API pods?

Pod is a kubernetes abstraction that runs one or more containers. All pods in kubernetes run in a namespace. All the system related pods run in a namespace called kube-system. By default all the user pods run in default namespace.

Where is the Kubernetes API server?

The API server is a component of the Kubernetes control plane that exposes the Kubernetes API. The API server is the front end for the Kubernetes control plane.