How to Add Load Balancers to Kubernetes Clusters
Declare a DigitalOcean Load Balancer in the cluster manifest to distribute traffic across all worker nodes in the cluster.
Manage Load Balancing in DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Generated on 12 Aug 2026
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a Kubernetes service with a fully managed control plane, high availability, and autoscaling. DOKS integrates with standard Kubernetes toolchains and DigitalOcean’s load balancers, volumes, CPU and GPU Droplets, API, and CLI.
How to Configure Advanced Load Balancer Settings in Kubernetes Clusters
Configure advanced load balancer settings for sticky sessions, health checks, and always-on SSL.
How to Migrate Load Balancers
Pass load balancer ownership from one service to another.
How to Delete Load Balancers from Kubernetes Clusters
Delete a load balancer from a Kubernetes cluster using kubectl to permanently and irreversibly remove it from the cluster and DigitalOcean account.
How to Use Gateway API to Route Traffic in Kubernetes Clusters
Use Gateway API resources to route external HTTP and HTTPS traffic to services running in your DOKS cluster.