PorterLB: Load Balancer Implementation for Bare Metal
PorterLB is an open-source load balancer implementation designed for bare-metal Kubernetes clusters.
Why PorterLB
In cloud-based Kubernetes clusters, Services are usually exposed by using load balancers provided by cloud vendors. However, cloud-based load balancers are unavailable in bare-metal environments. PorterLB allows users to create LoadBalancer Services in bare-metal environments for external access, and provides the same user experience as cloud-based load balancers.
Core Features
- Load balancing in BGP mode and Layer 2 mode
- ECMP routing and load balancing
- IP address pool management
- BGP configuration using CRDs
- Installation using Helm and KubeSphere
Quickstart
Documentation
Without a bare-metal environment yet? Doesn't matter!
You can learn how to use PorterLB in a cloud-based Kubernetes cluster by following the PorterLB Documentation.
Adopters
PorterLB has been adopted by many companies all over the world. If you are using PorterLB in your organization, welcome to join the end user community and add your logo to the list!
Roadmap
PorterLB Roadmap lists the features and bug fixes for each milestone. If you have any new ideas, feature requests or suggestions, please submit a proposal.
Support, Discussion and Contributing
PorterLB is a sub-project of KubeSphere.
- Join us at the KubeSphere Slack Channel to get support or simply tell us that you are using PorterLB.
- You have code or documents for PorterLB? Contributions are always welcome! See Building and Contributing to obtain guidance.
Landscapes
PorterLB is a promising newcomer in Service proxy, which enriches the CNCF CLOUD NATIVE Landscape.
License
PorterLB is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE for the full license text.
