Issuing a Virtual IP to a Service Using MetalLB on Kubernetes

MetalLB is a load balancer implementation for bare metal Kubernetes clusters, using L2 advertisements. This tutorial will guide you through the process of setting up MetalLB in your Kubernetes cluster and assigning a virtual IP to a service.

Step 1: Install MetalLB

MetalLB can be installed via a manifest or using Helm. We'll use the manifest method here.

1. Apply the MetalLB manifest:

kubectl apply -f
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metallb/metallb/v0.13.12/con
fig/manifests/metallb-native.yaml

Note: Ensure you're using the latest version of MetalLB.

2. Verify the Installation.

kubectl get pods -n metallb-system