From a5114dfa6439206d94d1485711934a9640bf1f1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paige Calvert Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:33:02 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add required unix roles to ec docs --- docs/vendor/embedded-overview.mdx | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/vendor/embedded-overview.mdx b/docs/vendor/embedded-overview.mdx index a0c418bbea..8062bf8222 100644 --- a/docs/vendor/embedded-overview.mdx +++ b/docs/vendor/embedded-overview.mdx @@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ Additionally, Embedded Cluster automatically deploys several built-in extensions +### Unix Accounts for Kubernetes Components + +During installation, Embedded Cluster automatically creates the following Unix accounts that are required by internal Kubernetes components: + +* **etcd**: Used by the Kubernetes etcd database, which stores cluster state. +* **konnectivity-server**: Used by the Konnectivity service, which facilitates secure communication between internal components. +* **kube-apiserver**: Used by the Kubernetes API server. +* **kube-scheduler**: Used by the Kubernetes scheduler to schedule workloads such as pods. + +No action is required to create these roles. Removing them will make the cluster non-functional. + +For more information about the internal Kubernetes components, see [Kubernetes Components](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/components/) in the Kubernetes documentation. + +For more information about the Konnectivity service, see [Set up Konnectivity service](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/extend-kubernetes/setup-konnectivity/) in the Kubernetes documentation. + ## Limitations Embedded Cluster has the following limitations: