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---
title: Workloads
id: workloads
date: 2019-02-13
full_link: /docs/concepts/workloads/
short_description: >
Workloads are objects you use to manage and run your containers on the cluster.
aka:
tags:
- fundamental
- core-object
- workload
---
Workloads are objects you use to manage and run your containers on the cluster.
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Kubernetes performs the
deployment and updates the workload with the current state of the application.
Workloads include the DaemonSet, Deployments, Jobs, Pods, ReplicaSet, ReplicationController, and StatefulSet objects.
For example, a workload that has a web element and a database element might run the
database in one {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="StatefulSet" >}} of
{{< glossary_tooltip text="pods" term_id="pod" >}} and the webserver via
a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="Deployment" >}} that consists of many web app
{{< glossary_tooltip text="pods" term_id="pod" >}}, all alike.