Concepts

This section explains the core concepts behind component-operator-runtime and how its pieces fit together.

At its heart, the framework is built in two layers:

• The Object Reconciler (package pkg/reconciler) is the low-level engine. It takes a set of resource manifests and maintains them in a target Kubernetes cluster — creating, updating, ordering, and deleting objects, detecting drift, tracking an inventory, and safeguarding extension types such as CRDs.

• The controller-runtime integration (package pkg/component) builds on top of the Object Reconciler. It wires the engine into the controller-runtime world: a generic Reconciler[T] drives a custom resource type (the component), rendering its manifests through a generator and delegating the actual cluster synchronization to the Object Reconciler.

If you are new to the framework, start with Getting Started.