Add concept page for Operators (#14458)

* Add concept page for Operator pattern

* Link to article about Operator best practices
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Tim Bannister
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---
title: Operator pattern
id: operator-pattern
date: 2019-05-21
full_link: /docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/
short_description: >
A specialized controller used to manage a custom resource
aka:
tags:
- architecture
---
The [operator pattern](/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/) is a system
design that links a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="controller" >}} to one or more custom
resources.
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You can extend Kubernetes by adding controllers to your cluster, beyond the built-in
controllers that come as part of Kubernetes itself.
If a running application acts as a controller and has API access to carry out tasks
against a custom resource that's defined in the control plane, that's an example of
the Operator pattern.
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Verbosity | Description
--------------| -----------
`--v=0` | Generally useful for this to ALWAYS be visible to an operator.
`--v=0` | Generally useful for this to *always* be visible to a cluster operator.
`--v=1` | A reasonable default log level if you don't want verbosity.
`--v=2` | Useful steady state information about the service and important log messages that may correlate to significant changes in the system. This is the recommended default log level for most systems.
`--v=3` | Extended information about changes.