A cluster is a collection of cloud resources required for running a container, including several CVMs and CLBs. You can run your applications in your cluster.
Cluster Architecture
A TKE cluster is compatible with Kubernetes, which includes the following components:
Master: used to control nodes of the management plane of a cluster.
Etcd: used to retain the status information of the entire cluster.
Node: worker nodes used to run applications.
Cluster Types
TKE supports the following cluster types:
Cluster Type
Description
Managed cluster
Master and Etcd are managed by TKE
Self-deployed cluster
Master and Etcd nodes are built on your owned servers