id: kube proxy
name: kube-proxy
full-link: /docs/reference/generated/kube-proxy
tags:
- fundamental
- core-object
short-description: >
  `kube-proxy` is a network proxy that runs on each node in the cluster.
long-description: >
  `kube-proxy` is responsible for request forwarding. `kube-proxy` allows TCP and UDP stream forwarding or round robin TCP and UDP forwarding across a set of backend functions.
