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title: "Managed Kubernetes objects (services, deployments, pods...)"
description: "These objects are created either at cluster creation or at node creation, and they enable cluster operations and management."
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# Managed Kubernetes objects (services, deployments, pods...)

These objects are created either at cluster creation or at `node` creation, and they enable cluster operations and management.

Please refrain from deleting or otherwise altering them!

 

### Namespaces

There are several existing `namespaces` running in your cluster:

- `default`: namespace by default
- `kube-node-lease`: for heartbeat Node's lease object
- `kube-public`: reserved mainly for cluster usage & in case of specific resources which should be publicly available
- `kube-system`: for objects created by Kubernetes

The following resources are running in these `namespaces`.

 

### Services

Several management `services` are running in your cluster:

- `kubernetes`
- `kube-dns`
- `metrics-server`
- `wormhole`

In my example cluster, I get:

```
$ kubectl get services --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE     NAME                        TYPE           CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP      PORT(S)                  AGE
default       kubernetes                  ClusterIP      10.3.0.1       <none>           443/TCP                  14d
kube-system   kube-dns                    ClusterIP      10.3.0.10      <none>           53/UDP,53/TCP,9153/TCP   14d
kube-system   metrics-server              ClusterIP      10.3.224.150   <none>           443/TCP                  14d
kube-system   wormhole                    ClusterIP      10.3.0.2       <none>           443/TCP                  14d
```

 

### Deployments

To implement these services, you will find several `deployment` objects:

- `coredns`
- `kube-dns-autoscaler`
- `metrics-server`

In my example cluster, I get:

```
$ kubectl get deployments --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE     NAME                        READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
kube-system   coredns                     2/2     2            2           14d
kube-system   kube-dns-autoscaler         1/1     1            1           14d
kube-system   metrics-server              1/1     1            1           14d
```

 

### Daemon sets

There are also several `daemonsets` to define the pods that will be deployed on every node:

- `canal`
- `kube-proxy`
- `wormhole`

In my example cluster, with 5 nodes, I get:

```
$ kubectl get daemonsets --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE     NAME         DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   NODE SELECTOR                 AGE
kube-system   canal        3         3         3       3            3           beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux   14d
kube-system   kube-proxy   3         3         3       3            3           <none>                        14d
kube-system   wormhole     3         3         3       3            3           <none>                        14d
```

 

### Replica sets

There are also several `replicasets` to define the pods that will run on several instances:

- `coredns-*`
- `kube-dns-autoscaler-*`
- `metrics-server-*`

In my example cluster, I get:

```
$ kubectl get replicaset --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE     NAME                                   DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   AGE
kube-system   coredns-77b9fbd56                      2         2         2       14d
kube-system   kube-dns-autoscaler-ddf4c7d5b          1         1         1       14d
kube-system   metrics-server-66bb5cd998              1         1         1       14d
```

 

### Pods

You will find one instance of the following pods running in every node of your cluster:

- `canal`
- `proxy`
- `wormhole`

You will also find one global instance of:

- `kube-dns-autoscaler`
- `metrics-server`

And several instances of:

- `coredns`

In my example cluster, with 3 nodes, I get:

```
$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE     NAME                                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS      AGE
kube-system   canal-lcmmw                                  2/2     Running   2 (14d ago)   14d
kube-system   canal-ljcfj                                  2/2     Running   2 (14d ago)   14d
kube-system   canal-x56p5                                  2/2     Running   1 (14d ago)   14d
kube-system   coredns-77b9fbd56-4s8mb                      1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   coredns-77b9fbd56-fslpn                      1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   kube-dns-autoscaler-ddf4c7d5b-chzvs          1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   kube-proxy-5qs2t                             1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   kube-proxy-qb8h9                             1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   kube-proxy-xws7j                             1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   metrics-server-66bb5cd998-rs46p              1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   wormhole-7cbmc                               1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   wormhole-7dt6x                               1/1     Running   0             14d
kube-system   wormhole-vh7pk                               1/1     Running   0             14d
```

 

## Go further

Browse all the [Managed Kubernetes Service (MKS) guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/managed-kubernetes/landing-page-managed-kubernetes.md).

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