What Actually Happens When You Run kubectl run nginx

So you type kubectl run nginx --image nginx . One line, one pod. About a second later on a warm cluster, the pod is Running. But what actually happens behind the scenes? Let us walk through it, step by step, step by step. %[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLuUhU3SwJo&t=4s ] TL;DR, the 23 steps kubectl parses argv and builds a minimal Pod object. It reads ~/.kube/config for cluster, user, and context. A TCP connection is opened to the API server. TLS 1.3 negotiates keys in one round trip wit