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title: "Kubernetes Nodes"
date: 2018-10-03T10:15:55-07:00
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The machines that make up a Kubernetes cluster are called **nodes**.

Nodes in a Kubernetes cluster may be physical, or virtual.  

There are two types of nodes:

* A Control-plane-node type, which makes up the [Control Plane](../../architecture/architecture_control), acts as the “brains” of the cluster.

* A Worker-node type, which makes up the [Data Plane](../../architecture/architecture_worker), runs the actual container images (via pods).

We’ll dive deeper into how nodes interact with each other later in the presentation.