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Managed TCP Load Balancer Service

The Managed TCP Load Balancer Service simplifies the deployment and management of load balancers. It efficiently distributes incoming TCP traffic across multiple backend servers, ensuring high availability and optimal resource utilization.

Deployment Details

Managed TCP Load Balancer Service efficiently utilizes HAProxy for load balancing purposes. HAProxy is a well-established and reliable solution for distributing incoming TCP traffic across multiple backend servers, ensuring high availability and efficient resource utilization. This deployment choice guarantees the seamless and dependable operation of your load balancing infrastructure.

Parameters

Common parameters

Name Description Value
external Enable external access from outside the cluster false
replicas Number of HAProxy replicas 2

Configuration parameters

Name Description Value
httpAndHttps.mode Mode for balancer. Allowed values: tcp and tcp-with-proxy tcp
httpAndHttps.targetPorts.http HTTP port number. 80
httpAndHttps.targetPorts.https HTTPS port number. 443
httpAndHttps.endpoints Endpoint addresses list []
whitelistHTTP Secure HTTP by enabling client networks whitelisting false
whitelist List of client networks []
resources Explicit CPU and memory configuration for each TCP Balancer replica. When left empty, the preset defined in resourcesPreset is applied. {}
resourcesPreset Default sizing preset used when resources is omitted. Allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge. nano

Parameter examples and reference

resources and resourcesPreset

resources sets explicit CPU and memory configurations for each replica. When left empty, the preset defined in resourcesPreset is applied.

resources:
  cpu: 4000m
  memory: 4Gi

resourcesPreset sets named CPU and memory configurations for each replica. This setting is ignored if the corresponding resources value is set.

Preset name CPU memory
nano 250m 128Mi
micro 500m 256Mi
small 1 512Mi
medium 1 1Gi
large 2 2Gi
xlarge 4 4Gi
2xlarge 8 8Gi