Create Multi-Node Local Kubernetes Cluster (KinD) with LoadBalancer (Metallb) Create Kubernetes Cluster with KinD KinD Documentation kind is a tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container “nodes”. kind was primarily designed for testing Kubernetes itself, but may be used for local development or CI. KinD config to create multi-node cluster kind: Cluster apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4 nodes: - role: control-plane - role: worker - role: worker Installing Metallb in KinD Kubernetes Installing Metallb in KinD Apply MetalLB manifest kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metallb/metallb/v0.13.7/config/manifests/metallb-native.yaml kubectl wait --namespace metallb-system \ --for=condition=ready pod \ --selector=app=metallb \ --timeout=90s Setup address pool used by loadbalancers docker network inspect -f '{{.IPAM.Config}}' kind kubectl apply -f https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/examples/loadbalancer/metallb-config.yaml