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LoadBalancer

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Kubernetes can't build a load balancer. It rents one. Here's how your app gets ONE public IP, and why yours says <pending>.
You'll learn to

explain when LoadBalancer works (cloud) and what it builds on

Recap

  1. 1LoadBalancer = one public IP for a Service
  2. 2Rented from the cloud
  3. 3Built on top of a NodePort
Check yourself

EXTERNAL-IP is stuck on <pending>. Can you still reach the app?

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