What do these configurations look like? The vast majority of them are managed in YAML format, and the options and configurations can seem overwhelming. Each resource in Kubernetes has its own format, and some of those formats are changing and under active development. You will notice that some of the APIs and object structures will actively reference either alpha or beta to indicate the state of maturity of those resources in the project. The project tends to use these terms in a very conservative manner:
- alpha tends to mean it is an early experiment and the data format may change, but something achieving the end goal will likely exist
- beta is more solid than purely experimental, and can likely be used in production loads, ...
