Question
LoadBalancer annotation for droplet tag selector
- Posted on February 14, 2025
- DigitalOcean Managed KubernetesLoad Balancing
Asked by Vladislav
When you create load balancer throughout web ui, you can choose droplet tags, but I can’t find annotation for LoadBalancer to do this, example annotations:
annotations:
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-name: "some-name-private-lb"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-size-unit: "2"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-network: "INTERNAL"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-protocol: "tcp"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-tls-ports: "443"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-tls-passthrough: "true"
service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-algorithm: "round_robin"
with which annotations I can achieve tags selector?
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Hi there,
As far as I can tell from the docs, there isn’t a specific annotation to select Droplets by tag when creating a LoadBalancer service in DigitalOcean Kubernetes. The available annotations focus on configuring load balancer settings like protocol, size, and SSL certificates:
It sounds like you’re looking to select Droplets by tag when provisioning a LoadBalancer service in DigitalOcean Kubernetes. If I remember correctly, in DOKS, the load balancer is automatically tied to worker nodes, not individual Droplets.
Are you trying to control which worker nodes receive traffic from the load balancer? If so, you might need to use node selectors instead of tags.
If you’re looking for something more specific, DigitalOcean support might be able to provide more details: https://do.co/support.
- Bobby