# Configuring nginx controller with the load balancer

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**Created:** [June 25, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-nginx-controller-with-the-load-balancer/38256 "2022-06-25T21:17:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nader\_Alabed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Nader\_Alabed](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nader_Alabed)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-nginx-controller-with-the-load-balancer/38256/1 "2022-06-25T21:17:50Z")

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Dear Sir,

we used rancher web ui to provision a cluster on linode cloud provider, the process is simple and finished smoothly, thanks for the wonderful work.

we need assistant to configure the load balancer with the ingress controller. att

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the load balancer show pending ,

any help its urgent as our website is down.

Thanks in advanced.  
Nader

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**Author:** ![Nader\_Alabed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Nader\_Alabed](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nader_Alabed)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-nginx-controller-with-the-load-balancer/38256/2 "2022-06-25T21:19:46Z")

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we used the built in nginx ingress , nginx backend from the advanced menu in the create cluster .

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**Author:** ![Nader\_Alabed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Nader\_Alabed](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nader_Alabed)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-nginx-controller-with-the-load-balancer/38256/3 "2022-06-25T21:23:17Z")

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we have a load balancer on linode , and to connect it with the load balancer service

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**Author:** ![gmocellin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5fc32e/32.png) [@gmocellin](https://forums.suse.com/u/gmocellin)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-nginx-controller-with-the-load-balancer/38256/4 "2022-06-27T14:14:22Z")

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Mmm, been there…

The Rancher provided NGinx Ingress Controller works as a DaemonSet only, not as a Service, type LoadBalancer.  
You need to use a load balancer in front of the nodes, configured independently.

Or, like I do :

- You use the official NGinx Ingress Controller
- AND, you use a Cloud Control Manager for your IaaS or Cloud provider (you didn’t tell us what you are using). I use OpenStack CCM to create an Octavia LB on demand

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**Author:** ![Nader\_Alabed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Nader\_Alabed](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nader_Alabed)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-nginx-controller-with-the-load-balancer/38256/5 "2022-07-02T08:57:14Z")

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Thanks very much for your reply and feedback.  
its an eye opening to use Openstack, I’m researching this option and would appreciate your feedback if you could drop a guide link as their is many way to use Openstack.

as a startup we don’t have servers on-premise, but we look to use cloud providers services.  
does your way compatible with the cloud providers.  
does it work with rancher or we need a separate node to set it up.

it would be a mind blowing feature to include such a module with rancher to serve the cluster network needs.  
Thanks again for your reply and your time.