Merge pull request #1752 from rivimont/patch-1

clarification on type LoadBalancer for exposing
2016-12-21 16:18:26 -08:00
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@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ To expose your service to the public internet, run:
 $ kubectl expose deployment my-nginx --target-port=80 --type=LoadBalancer
 service "my-nginx" exposed
 ```
+Note: The type, LoadBalancer, is highly dependent upon the underlying platform that Kubernetes is running on. If your cloud provider doesn't have a load balancer implementation (e.g. OpenStack) for Kubernetes, you can simply use the allocated [NodePort](http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/services/#type-nodeport) as a rudimentary form of load balancing across your endpoints.

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