Bare-metal Kubernetes just got a cloud-style glow-up. By wiring up MetalLB in layer2 mode with the NGINX ingress controller, the setup exposes LoadBalancer-type services—no cloud provider in sight.
MetalLB dishes out static, LAN-routable IPs. NGINX funnels external traffic to internal ClusterIP services through a single ingress. One IP. Clean routing. HA vibes. No NodePorts. No awkward proxies.
The bigger picture: On-prem clusters finally expose services like they mean it.
