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title: "The Hidden Brains of Kubernetes: Meet Controllers Powering the Cloud"
weight: 2
tags:
 - rejekts
 - operator
---

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## Big Picture

- Kubernetes is just a bunch of controllers
- We can add custom controllers

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## Real World Power of controllers

- In Kubernetes: CCM, Scheduler, CM
- Operator = CRD + Controller

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## Example

> Crossplane as the example of the basic reconcile idea

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