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What are Kubernetes minions?

Adi Polak on September 23, 2019

Ok. let's keep it short! Kubernetes cluster is a collection of machines, each machine has a dedicated role. They can be master or worker. The m...
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Ahmet Alp Balkan

I think it’ll only confuse beginners to call Nodes “minions”. That term was abandoned long ago and no docs/blog posts will call it that way, hence any reader will be confused.

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Adi Polak

Hi Ahmet, thank you for your comment and feedback.
Unfortunately, some interviewers and prev/future colleagues in the industry will continue to call it minions, this is why it is here. Also it is important to understand history for easier future integration and conversations.

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Ahmet Alp Balkan

I’ll take your word for it. I have been working at Google on Kubernetes since past 3 years, never heard it being called minions. (:

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Lea Reimann 🦄

It's probably better to point out, that nodes were called minions for a time. That's what I heard in most of the talks and how it's written in some other references.

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Adi Polak

Hi Lea, thank you for your comment, it is pointed out in the article.
Line number 7+8.

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HOA PHAN