# Kubernetes Architecture: Control Plane, Scheduler, and Kubelet

DevFeed: [Kubernetes Architecture: Control Plane, Scheduler, and Kubelet](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-kubernetes-39552.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kodekloud.com/blog/kubernetes-basics-architecture-pods-services/>)

Author: Nimesha Jinarajadasa

Published: 2026-09-17T06:25:02Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes - KodeKloud Blog | DevOps, Cloud, Kubernetes, AI Tutorials & More](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-kodekloud-blog-devops-cloud-kubernetes-ai-tutorials-more.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [control-plane](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/control-plane.md>), [api server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-server.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [etcd](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/etcd.md>), [kubectl](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubectl.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-server.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [control-plane](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/control-plane.md>), [controllers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/controllers.md>), [etcd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/etcd.md>), [kubectl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubectl.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [kubernetes-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes-architecture.md>), [kubernetes-networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes-networking.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [scheduler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduler.md>)

## AI overview

A beginner-friendly tutorial explaining how Kubernetes maintains the desired state of containerized applications. It covers the control plane, API server, etcd, controllers, scheduler, and kubelet.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Kubernetes works, from the control plane and scheduler to kubelet, pods, and Services, with simple answers to interview questions.