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Powerful Load Balancing Strategies in Kubernetes

Unlock efficient load balancing in Kubernetes with our expert strategies and networking architectures

Key points:

  • 🔒 ClusterIP: Exposing Services Internally: The default service type, only accessible from within the same Kubernetes cluster.
  • 🌐 LoadBalancer: Exposing Services in the Cloud: Easily expose services externally for production use cases, but with limitations in local environments.
  • 🚫 Ingress: A Single Gateway for All Services: A resource for creating complex routing rules for Reverse Proxies like Traefik, but with limitations in L7 network protocols.
  • 🚀 Kubernetes Gateway API Overview: A modern alternative to Ingress for load balancing and traffic management.

Read more at: https://cloudnativeengineer.substack.com/p/powerful-load-balancing-strategies-kubernetes

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