AZ486784 - Public Preview: Standard Load Balancer (SLB) Health Probe Redesign in AKS

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Published

Apr 2, 2025

Status

In preview

Timeline

  • April 2025
    Preview

Product

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Tag

Features

Category

Compute
Containers

Description

AKS now offers improved load balancing for services using externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster. This enhancement enables the standard load balancer (SLB) to probe kube-proxy directly instead of backend applications. This new capability enhances reliability, reduces misconfigurations, and improves traffic routing.  


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