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Device Plugin |
device-plugin |
2019-02-02 |
/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/compute-storage-net/device-plugins/ |
Software extensions to let Pods access devices that need vendor-specific initialization or setup
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Device plugins run on worker {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="node" text="Nodes">}} and provide {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="pod" text="Pods ">}} with access to resources, such as local hardware, that require vendor-specific initialization or setup steps.
Device plugins advertise resources to the {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="kubelet" text="kubelet" >}}, so that workload Pods can access hardware features that relate to the Node where that Pod is running. You can deploy a device plugin as a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="daemonset" >}}, or install the device plugin software directly on each target Node.
See Device Plugins for more information.