Front end for the Kubernetes control plane. kube-apiserver exposes the Kubernetes API over HTTP(S), performs request validation, authentication and authorization, runs admission control, and persists cluster state to an etcd backend.
kube-apiserver is the Kubernetes API server, the front end of the Kubernetes control plane. It exposes the Kubernetes API over HTTP(S), validates and processes requests, persists and retrieves cluster state via etcd, and coordinates admission control, authentication, authorization, and API versioning.
Use this image when you need a hardened, minimal container image for running the Kubernetes API server as part of a Kubernetes control plane deployment.