beginnerCore Components: API Server, etcd, Scheduler, Controller Manager, Kubelet & Kube-Proxy

What are the three kube-proxy modes?

iptables (legacy, sequential rules, cost grows linearly), IPVS (hash-table kernel load balancer, scales better), eBPF (lowest per-packet overhead, used by CNIs like Cilium).

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