Kubernetes LoadBalancer

Kubernetes LoadBalancer exposes the Service externally using a cloud provider's load balancer.

• https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/

• kubectl create service loadbalancer
• type: LoadBalancer

• kubectl expose deployment hello-world --type=LoadBalancer --name=my-service

Example

 apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: example-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: example
  ports:
    - port: 8765
      targetPort: 9376
  type: LoadBalancer

Activities

• Understand ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer service types and endpoints

Related

• ClusterIP
• NodePort
• ServiceTypes
• Ingress controller: kind: Ingress

See also

• Kubernetes LoadBalancer, type: LoadBalancer
• Kubernetes services (kind: service), kubectl get services, kubectl describe service, kubectl create service [ loadbalancer | nodeport | clusterip | externalname ], kubectl expose, headless service, service.beta.kubernetes.io

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/stateless-application/expose-external-ip-address/