7 Terminology
Environment
A namespace that encapsulates the software installed and managed by Oracle Cloud Native Environment. Each environment contains at least the Kubernetes module.
Module
A module represents some installable object in an environment. The most common module is the Kubernetes module, as it is required for most other modules. A module may encapsulate other modules.
Node
A host system that is a member of an Oracle Cloud Native Environment, including hosts used as Kubernetes control plane and worker nodes, and hosts that run the Platform API Server and Platform CLI.
Kubernetes Node
A host in an Oracle Cloud Native Environment that contains the Platform Agent and other required software to run as a Kubernetes cluster member, either as a control plane or worker node.
Operator Node
A host in an Oracle Cloud Native Environment that contains the Platform CLI. This node may also be a Platform API Server node.
Platform Agent
The Oracle Cloud Native Environment Platform Agent is a software agent installed on all nodes which is used by the Platform API Server to report and change state as directed by the Platform API Server.
Platform API Server
The Oracle Cloud Native Environment Platform API Server manages the state of one or more environments, including the deployment and configuration of modules to one or more nodes in a cluster.