Kube proxy load balance across machines

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My understanding is that Kube-proxy can load balance the services running across machines? Can someone confirm, that is what it is designed for.. Rgs

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '15 at 05:19

kube-proxy is more of a "load-spreader" than load-balancer. It does not actively consider the target load, it just distributes incoming requests to backends in an approximately equal proportion.

From within a Kubernetes cluster it also implements a form of VIP, which redirects traffic for a virtual service to the backends for that service.

It should work across machines or on the same machine.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '15 at 16:05

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Yes. The kube-proxy ensures that traffic sent to a service is load balanced to one of the endpoints that implements that service.

answered Sep 25 '15 at 16:05

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