kube-vip

6.1easy start · #12 of 26
in Load Balancing Software

Runs on Linux, self-hosted.

kube-vip is ranked #12 of 26 in load balancing software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted.

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Purpose: kube-vip provides Kubernetes clusters with a virtual IP and load balancing for the control plane and Services of type LoadBalancer.
Network modes: It supports ARP, BGP, routing table, and WireGuard modes.
Address support: VIP addresses can be IPv4, IPv6, or DNS names.
Control plane HA: Control plane support includes leader election, kubeadm static Pods, and K3s and other distributions using DaemonSets.
Service load balancing: For LoadBalancer Services, it supports leader election with ARP, multiple nodes with BGP, namespace or cluster address pools, CIDR blocks or IP ranges, DHCP, and UPnP.
Integrations: The documentation describes a kube-vip Cloud Provider and integrations with vendor APIs.
Deployment: kube-vip can run as static Pods or as a DaemonSet inside the Kubernetes cluster it serves.
Intended environments: The project describes itself as suitable for bare metal, on-premises, edge devices including ARM and Raspberry Pi, and virtualization.
Service security feature: A service security option can restrict traffic to service ports and defaults to disabled.
Support: The project README directs users to raise issues on its GitHub repository and consult the documentation.
License: The GitHub repository identifies the project license as Apache-2.0.

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