LoxiLB: Another Load Balancer

Here we will install LoxiLB on kubernetes clusters. LoxiLB is a cloud-native load balancer and a CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) sandbox project.

Installation

First we will download two manifest files: loxilb-nobgp.yaml and kube-loxilb.yaml.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/loxilb-io/kube-loxilb/refs/heads/main/manifest/in-cluster/loxilb-nobgp.yaml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/loxilb-io/kube-loxilb/refs/heads/main/manifest/in-cluster/kube-loxilb.yaml

Among these two files, we will modify kube-loxilb.yaml to update ip address pool information and disable BGP.

183         args:
184         #- --loxiURL=http://192.168.80.10:11111
185         - --cidrPools=defaultPool=172.25.40.1/24     # updated
186         #- --setBGP=64512                            # commented out
187         #- --listenBGPPort=1791                      # commented out
188         - --setRoles=0.0.0.0
189         #- --monitor
190         #- --extBGPPeers=50.50.50.1:65101,51.51.51.1:65102
191         #- --setLBMode=1
192         #- --config=/opt/loxilb/agent/kube-loxilb.conf

Now, we will apply these two yaml files.

kubectl apply -f yamls/loxilb-nobgp.yaml      # downloaded
kubectl apply -f yamls/kube-loxilb.yaml       # downloaded and modified

They will deploy six components.

• a daemonset in the kube-system namespace (loxilb-lb)