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Dapr Operator control plane service overview

Overview of the Dapr operator service

When running Dapr in Kubernetes mode, a pod running the Dapr Operator service manages Dapr component updates and provides Kubernetes services endpoints for Dapr.

Running the operator service

The operator service is deployed as part of dapr init -k, or via the Dapr Helm charts. For more information on running Dapr on Kubernetes, visit the Kubernetes hosting page.


Last modified November 17, 2021: Updates from adding the Configuration API (9a550c60)