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+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.