diff --git a/IT/Hashicorp Nomad.md b/IT/Hashicorp Nomad.md index 533b770..522dd6a 100644 --- a/IT/Hashicorp Nomad.md +++ b/IT/Hashicorp Nomad.md @@ -1,7 +1,14 @@ # Terminology +## Cluster Terms + | Phrase | Definition | | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | agent | A process running in server or client mode. | | client/node | A Nomad client is responsible for running tasks assigned to it. A client registers itself with servers and watches for work to be assigned. When running the agent, the client may be referred to as a *node*. | -| server | A Nomad server manages | -| | | +| server | A Nomad server manages all jobs and clients, monitors tasks, and controls which tasks get placed on which nodes. | +| dev_agent | The development agent is an agent configuration that provides useful defaults for running a single node cluster of nomad. | + +## Work terms +| Phrase | Definition | +| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- | +| task | The smallest unit of work in Nomad. Tasks are executed by task |