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externalTrafficPolicy=local on Kubernetes

What's this blog post about?

The text discusses external traffic policy in Kubernetes. It explains how traffic enters a Kubernetes cluster and is routed to the target pod via kube-proxy. Setting ExternalTrafficPolicy=local helps preserve source IPs when using Kubernetes ingress. Additionally, it mentions preserving source IP with Kubernetes ingress through X-Forwarded-For header or using an Edge Stack API Gateway. The text also provides a brief overview of pods and nodes in Kubernetes.

Company
Ambassador

Date published
Aug. 3, 2020

Author(s)
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Word count
194

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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