Kind Concepts

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Overview

kind is a tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container "nodes". kind was primarily designed for testing Kubernetes itself, but may be used for local development or CI.

Cluster

A Kubernetes cluster can be created with kind create cluster.

What is a kind cluster? Where does it live?

"Node" Image

https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/design/node-image

The “node” image is a Docker image for running nested containers, systemd, and Kubernetes components.

Node Provider

Container Provider

KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER