inlets-operator

Infrastructure

kubernetes load balancer

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inlets-operator

Get a Kubernetes LoadBalancer where you never thought it was possible

github.com

#kubernetes loadbalancer#inlets#nat traversal#kubernetes operator

61points
15comments
#968of 3,028 in 2020
Top 32%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

8 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.54.

Idea: 3 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for exposing local or home cluster services

    From 4 comments
    • Very cool! I was just wanting this last night, will test it out.
      Operyl on HN
    • Looks great for testing with my private cluster. Thanks
      yellow_lead on HN
    • This seems pretty useful, thanks!
      zrail on HN
    • Huh. This seems obvious now that I see it implemented, but I never thought of it before—and I've definitely had use-cases where this would be helpful. Nice work!
      organsnyder on HN
  • Solves a problem commenters had before

    From 2 comments
    • Great work, this is a problem I did have in the past. What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress controller…
      cube2222 on HN
    • Huh. This seems obvious now that I see it implemented, but I never thought of it before—and I've definitely had use-cases where this would be helpful. Nice work!
      organsnyder on HN

Objections

  • nginx ingress does not provide LoadBalancer IP allocation

    From 1 comment
    • >>> What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress controller >> It registers, functions and can be managed as a LoadBalancer by kubectl etc? > Clearly so…
      e12e on HN

Requests

  • Integration with overlay networks like ZeroTier or WireGuard

    From 1 comment
    • >>> What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress controller >> It registers, functions and can be managed as a LoadBalancer by kubectl etc? > Clearly so…
      e12e on HN
  • IPv6 support

    From 1 comment
    • >>> What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress controller >> It registers, functions and can be managed as a LoadBalancer by kubectl etc? > Clearly so…
      e12e on HN

Questions

  • How it differs from nginx ingress controller

    From 1 comment
    • Great work, this is a problem I did have in the past. What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress controller…
      cube2222 on HN
  • Whether it works with MetalLB

    From 1 comment
    • This is quite cool. I haven't looked too deep into k8s loadbalancers yet, could this be used in combination with metallb? I'd like to expose one service In my cluster like this,…
      _frkl on HN

Alternatives named

  • nginx ingress controller

    From 1 comment
    • Great work, this is a problem I did have in the past. What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress controller…
      cube2222 on HN
  • MetalLB

    From 2 comments
    • >>> What are the differences between this and the Kubernetes nginx ingress controller >> It registers, functions and can be managed as a LoadBalancer by kubectl etc? > Clearly so…
      e12e on HN
    • This is quite cool. I haven't looked too deep into k8s loadbalancers yet, could this be used in combination with metallb? I'd like to expose one service In my cluster like this,…
      _frkl on HN
  • Tor onion hidden services

    From 1 comment
    • Clearly so does the software in the submission, as it mentions in the second sentence (full actual non-fragment sentence) in the readme. The difference is that nginx-ingress…
      kubeisnthard on HN

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