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Very high load balancing costs for minimal Kubernetes Engine setup on Google Cloud Platform

I am trying to determine the most minimal Kubernetes Engine setup for a simple public facing (public load balanced IP) web app.

I have mine setup as follows:

  • 1 Kubernetes Cluster
  • 3 f1-micro nodes (at the time 3 was the minimum required for kubernetes, it may now be less?)
  • 1 load balancer with a forwarding rule to my External IP

My monthly billing cost is: CA$48.10: half of that being from Compute Engine Network Load Balancing: Forwarding Rule Minimum Service Charge in Americas: 744 Hours CA$23.82

Is there someway to reduce this cost? Or is this truly the cost of a minimal Kubernetes Cluster serving an app with a public domain name?

Solution

  • You can expose you service using other ways, if you do not have to much traffic maybe you don't need a load balancer here is one guide link

    Using a NodePort you can use the public IP of one of your nodes, set this IP as static and config your DNS to point at this public IP.