Glossary

Terms

• Managed Cluster: A Kupe Cloud cluster created and operated through the platform console.
• GitOps: Operating model where Git is the source of truth and a controller reconciles live state.
• Argo CD Application: Resource that defines where manifests come from and where they are deployed.
• Gateway: Gateway API resource that provides ingress infrastructure.
• HTTPRoute: Gateway API resource that defines host/path matching and backend routing.
• ExternalDNS: Controller that manages DNS records based on Kubernetes resources.
• Headlamp: Kubernetes UI used by Kupe Cloud console for workload and cluster interaction.
• SLO: Service Level Objective, a measurable reliability target for a service.