id: node
name: Node
full-link: /docs/concepts/architecture/nodes/
aka:
- Minion
related:
- deployment
tags:
- fundamental
short-description: >
  A node is a worker machine in Kubernetes.
long-description: >
  A worker machine may be a VM or physical machine, depending on the cluster. It has the {% glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" %} necessary to run {% glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" %} and is managed by the master components. The {% glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" %} on a node include Docker, kubelet and kube-proxy.