Kubernetes Control Plane and Data Plane Concepts
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Cluster
A Kubernetes cluster consists of a set of nodes. Of those, a small number are master nodes, which are collectively known as the control plane, and a relatively larger number of worker nodes, which run the cluster's workload.
Node
A node can be a master or worker.
Control Plane
The control plane is the cluster's set of master nodes.