KCNA Kubernetes Fundamentals Practice Question
Which TWO of the following are responsibilities of the kube-controller-manager?
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Managing endpoint objects for Services
The kube-controller-manager runs controllers that handle routine tasks. The Node controller watches the health of nodes. The Endpoint controller (now EndpointSlice controller) manages endpoints for Services. Assigning pods to nodes is done by the scheduler. Storing cluster state is done by etcd. Serving the Kubernetes API is done by kube-apiserver.
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