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Add object to glossary #24528

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title: Object
id: object
date: 2020-10-12
full_link: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/kubernetes-objects/#kubernetes-objects
short_description: >
A entity in the Kubernetes system, representing part of the state of your cluster.
aka:
tags:
- fundamental
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An entity in the Kubernetes system. The Kubernetes API uses these entities to represent the state
of your cluster.
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A Kubernetes object is typically a “record of intent”—once you create the object, the Kubernetes
{{< glossary_tooltip text="control plane" term_id="control-plane" >}} works constantly to ensure
that the item it represents actually exists.
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Hi @sftim .
I agree that this term should be added.
The long definition seems to be a duplicate of the "Kubernetes API" definition.
Could you drop the last sentence and add a sentence citing some examples of objects.
The core [or fundamental] Kubernetes objects are: Pod, Deployment, Job, Volume, Secret, Service, ...
Note: The glossary categories selector lists "Core object" as: a resource type that Kubernetes supports by default.

By creating an object, you're effectively telling the Kubernetes system what you want that part of
your cluster's workload to look like; this is your cluster's desired state.