From a589e5582bdcb0934026f0f7c2d631fe6d4d66c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Bannister Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:54:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Revise glossary entry for kube-proxy (#15172) - Mark as relevant to networking. - Unmark as a core object. kube-proxy is not an API object. - Fix hyperlink to reference docs. - Include hyperlink in definition. This is used in /docs/concepts/overview/components/ - Revise wording. --- .../en/docs/reference/glossary/kube-proxy.md | 21 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/kube-proxy.md b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/kube-proxy.md index 7c3a18b6fb..87be7e68ac 100755 --- a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/kube-proxy.md +++ b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/kube-proxy.md @@ -2,21 +2,24 @@ title: kube-proxy id: kube-proxy date: 2018-04-12 -full_link: /docs/reference/generated/kube-proxy +full_link: /docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kube-proxy/ short_description: > `kube-proxy` is a network proxy that runs on each node in the cluster. -aka: +aka: tags: - fundamental -- core-object +- networking --- - `kube-proxy` is a network proxy that runs on each node in the cluster. + [kube-proxy](/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kube-proxy/) is a +network proxy that runs on each node in your cluster, implementing part of +the Kubernetes {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="service">}} concept. -It enables the Kubernetes service abstraction by maintaining network rules on -the host and performing connection forwarding. + - - -`kube-proxy` is responsible for request forwarding. `kube-proxy` allows TCP and UDP stream forwarding or round robin TCP and UDP forwarding across a set of backend functions. +kube-proxy maintains network rules on nodes. These network rules allow +network communication to your Pods from network sessions inside or outside +of your cluster. +kube-proxy uses the operating system packet filtering layer if there is one +and it's available. Otherwise, kube-proxy forwards the traffic itself.