id: kube-apiserver
name: kube-apiserver
full-link: /docs/reference/generated/kube-apiserver/
aka:
- apiserver
tags:
- architecture
- fundamental
short-description: >
  Component on the master that exposes the Kubernetes API. It is the front-end for the Kubernetes control plane. 
long-description: >
  It is designed to scale horizontally -- that is, it scales by deploying more instances. See [Building High-Availability Clusters](/docs/admin/high-availability/).
