“In Kubernetes, ‘pod’ refers to both a configuration stored in etcd AND the actual running container.”

In this episode of 🌩️Thunder, Abby Bangser (Principal Engineer at Syntasso) and I untangle CRDs, custom resources, controllers, and operators. These terms can get used interchangeably, but they mean very different things.

A CRD is a schema. A custom resource is data in etcd. A controller is what does the work.

Watch and learn! youtu.be/xlBMpLNaP…

Whitney Lee and Abby Bangser standing at a lightboard covered with colorful handwritten text about Kubernetes custom resources, CRDs, controllers, operators, and admission controllers. The 🌩️Thunder show branding is visible.