Service type – LoadBalancer

The LoadBalancer service type is not supported in all Kubernetes clusters. It is most commonly used with cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, or Microsoft, and coordinates with the cloud provider's infrastructure to set up an external LoadBalancer that will forward traffic into the service.

How you define these services is specific to your cloud provider, and slightly different between AWS, Azure, and Google. LoadBalancer service definitions may also include recommended annotations to help define how to handle and process SSL traffic. More details about the specifics for each provider can be found in the Kubernetes documentation. The documentation on the LoadBalancer definitions is available at https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#type-loadbalancer ...

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