Load Balancer Environment Variables

This page contains all environment variables, which can be specified to configure the Load Balancer controller of hcloud-cloud-controller-manager.

Some environment variables define global defaults. These defaults can be overridden by setting the corresponding annotation. If you remove such an annotation while a global default is configured, the global default will be applied again.

Enums are depicted in the Type column and possible options are separated via the pipe symbol |.

Name	Type	Default	Description
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_ENABLED	bool	true	Controls whether the load balancer controller of HCCM should run.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_LOCATION	string	-	Specifies the default location where the Load Balancer will be created in. Mutually exclusive with HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_NETWORK_ZONE.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_NETWORK_ZONE	string	-	Specifies the default network zone where the Load Balancer will be created in. Mutually exclusive with HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_LOCATION.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_DISABLE_PRIVATE_INGRESS	bool	false	Disables the use of the private network for ingress by default.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_USE_PRIVATE_IP	bool	false	Configures the Load Balancer to use the private IP for Load Balancer server targets by default.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_DISABLE_IPV6	bool	false	Disables the use of IPv6 for the Load Balancer by default.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_ALGORITHM_TYPE	round_robin | least_connections	round_robin	Configures the default Load Balancer algorithm.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_DISABLE_PUBLIC_NETWORK	bool	false	Disables the public interface of the Load Balancer by default.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL	int	10	Configures the default time interval in seconds in which health checks are performed.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_HEALTH_CHECK_RETRIES	int	3	Configures the default amount of unsuccessful retries needed until a target is considered unhealthy.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT	int	15	Configures the default time in seconds after an attempt is considered a timeout.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_PRIVATE_SUBNET_IP_RANGE	string	-	Configures the default IP range in CIDR block notation of the subnet to attach to.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_TYPE	string	lb11	Configures the default Load Balancer type this Load Balancer should be created with.
HCLOUD_LOAD_BALANCERS_USES_PROXYPROTOCOL	bool	false	Enables the proxyprotocol for a Load Balancer service by default.