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Ajeet Singh Raina @ajeetsraina

Minikube LoadBalancer External IP Solutions

Tackle Minikube's "pending" external IP issue with 2 solutions: using Minikube Tunnel or MetalLB Addon, and learn how to expose your services externally.

Have you ever encountered a situation where your Service's external IP address stubbornly stays in "pending" mode? We've all been there. In this post, we'll delve into this common Minikube issue and explore two effective solutions to get that external IP up and running.

  
  
  Understanding the LoadBalancer Service

In Kubernetes, the LoadBalancer service type shines when you need to expose network applications to the external world. It's ideal for scenarios where you want a dedicated IP address assigned to each service.
On public cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, the LoadBalancer service s...