Glossary

A reliable and scalable storage solution for object-, block- ,and file storage on commodity hardware.

The default CNI in many managed Kubernetes offerings available.

CNI plugins implement the Kubernetes network model and provide functionality such as pod-to-pod communication or network policies.

The practice of handling one or more Git repositories as the single source of truth for declarative and auditable application and/or infrastructure deployments.

A container orchestrator originally developed by Google.

The Open Container Initiative (OCI) defines open standards regarding container images and runtimes.

The Kubernetes representation of a piece of storage provisioned by a storage volume plugin or an administrator.

A Kubernetes operator for Ceph, providing file-, block-, and object storage on top of Kubernetes.

A very small computer that normally fits in your hand. Often compromises on performance. Often very power-efficient due to ARM architecture.

A minimal, immutable, declarative operating system tailor-made for running Kubernetes.

A powerful Single Board Computer (SBC) manufactured by TuringPi.