website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/kube-controller-manager.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
kube-controller-manager	kube-controller-manager	2018-04-12	/docs/reference/generated/kube-controller-manager/	Component on the master that runs controllers.		architecture fundamental

Component on the master that runs {{< glossary_tooltip text="controllers" term_id="controller" >}}.

Logically, each {{< glossary_tooltip text="controller" term_id="controller" >}} is a separate process, but to reduce complexity, they are all compiled into a single binary and run in a single process.