---
title: Creating and configuring a Load Balancer for your Kubernetes Kapsule
description: Configure and manage a Kubernetes Load Balancer on Scaleway to efficiently distribute traffic and scale your containerized applications.
tags: load-balancer kubernetes kapsule loadbalancer service managed-kubernetes
dates:
  validation: 2025-11-19
---

If you are using Scaleway's [managed Kubernetes solution](/kubernetes/quickstart/), you may want to create a Load Balancer in order to expose  an application running inside your cluster to the internet.

Load Balancers for Kubernetes clusters should **always** be provisioned via the cluster's Cloud Controller Manager. It is **not** correct procedure to provision the Load Balancer by creating a Scaleway Load Balancer in the console or via the API, and then attempting to use it as your cluster's external Load Balancer.

Full documentation for creating and configuring a Load Balancer for your cluster can be found in the Kubernetes section, on the following pages:

- [Exposing Kubernetes services to the internet](/kubernetes/reference-content/exposing-services/)
- [Creating, configuring and troubleshooting a Load Balancer service](/kubernetes/reference-content/kubernetes-load-balancer/)
- [Managing Load Balancer IPs](/kubernetes/reference-content/managing-load-balancer-ips/)
- [Using Load Balancer annotations](/kubernetes/reference-content/using-load-balancer-annotations/)
- [Exposing a Kubernetes Kapsule ingress controller service with a Load Balancer](/kubernetes/reference-content/lb-ingress-controller/)
- [Troubleshooting Kubernetes Load Balancers](/load-balancer/troubleshooting/k8s-errors/)

You may also find the following resources helpful:

- [Getting Started with Kubernetes Load Balancers - Tutorial](/tutorials/get-started-kubernetes-loadbalancer/)
- [Getting Started with Kubernetes Load Balancers - Video Demonstration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3gPUQ_ELEo)
- [Configuring a Load Balancer for your Kubernetes applications - Webinar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0uKqYXJRF4)
- [Scaleway Cloud Controller Manager Documentation](https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cloud-controller-manager)