id: kube-controller-manager
name: kube-controller-manager
full-link: /docs/reference/generated/kube-controller-manager/
aka:
- controller-manager
related:
- controller
tags:
- architecture
- fundamental
short-description: >
  Component on the master that runs {% glossary_tooltip text="controllers" term_id="controller" %}.
long-description: >
  Logically, each {% glossary_tooltip text="controller" term_id="controller" %} is a separate process, but to reduce complexity, they are all compiled into a single binary and run in a single process.
