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# Deploy MetalLB into Kubespray/Kubernetes
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MetalLB hooks into your Kubernetes cluster, and provides a network load-balancer implementation.
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In short, it allows you to create Kubernetes services of type "LoadBalancer" in clusters that
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don't run on a cloud provider, and thus cannot simply hook into paid products to provide load-balancers.
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This playbook aims to automate [this](https://metallb.universe.tf/concepts/layer2/).
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It deploys MetalLB into Kubernetes and sets up a layer 2 load-balancer.
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## Install
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Defaults can be found in contrib/metallb/roles/provision/defaults/main.yml.
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You can override the defaults by copying the contents of this file to somewhere in inventory/mycluster/group_vars
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such as inventory/mycluster/groups_vars/k8s-cluster/addons.yml and making any adjustments as required.
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MetalLB allocates external IP addresses from this ip_range option, so you need to update this ip_range option
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at least for suiting your network environment.
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```
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ansible-playbook --ask-become -i inventory/sample/hosts.ini contrib/metallb/metallb.yml
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```
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