https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/load-balancer-operator-for-kubernetes

A Cluster API speaking operator for load balancers
https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/load-balancer-operator-for-kubernetes

cluster-api high-availability lifecycle load-balancer

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A Cluster API speaking operator for load balancers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/load-balancer-operator-for-kubernetes
• Owner: vmware-tanzu
• Created: 2021-06-04T18:13:11.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-24T17:54:27.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-15T03:28:22.732Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: cluster-api, high-availability, lifecycle, load-balancer
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.55 MB
• Stars: 36
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 26
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt
  • Code of conduct: CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md
  • Codeowners: CODEOWNERS
  • Notice: NOTICE.txt

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# Load Balancer Operator for Kubernetes

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## Overview

- [Quick Start](./docs/quick-start.md)

Load Balancer Operator for Kubernetes is a Cluster API speaking operator for load balancers. It manages the lifecycle of load balancers implementations and provides a cluster control plane high availability interface in the multi-cluster scenario.

## Features

1. It reconciles Cluster API objects and provisions Service type LoadBalancer for control plane Machines to achieve HA.

2. It leverages [Carvel Packaging APIs](https://carvel.dev/kapp-controller/docs/latest/packaging) to lifecycle manage load balancer provider operator. Currently, we now support VMware's [NSX Advanced Load Balancer Kubernetes Operator](https://github.com/vmware/load-balancer-and-ingress-services-for-kubernetes) as a reference implementation.

3. It bridges [Cluster API](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/) and load balancer provider operator to ensure load balancer resources are cleaned up when cluster is deleted.

4. For the NSX Advanced Load Balancer operator, it also automates the user account creation and injection per cluster.

## Contributing

We welcome new contributors to our repository. Following are the pre-requisties that should help

you get started:

- Before contributing, please get familiar with our

[Code of Conduct](CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md).

- Check out our [Contributor Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for information

about setting up your development environment and our contribution workflow.

## License

Load Balancer Operator for Kubernetes is licensed under the [Apache License, version 2.0](LICENSE.txt)