Is the Google Kubernetes Engine cluster master IP static/fixed for the lifetime of the cluster?

4/9/2020

Do scenarios like master upgrade, master failover in a regional GKE cluster have potential to change the master endpoint IP address?

-- Amol D
google-kubernetes-engine

1 Answer

4/9/2020

GKE's master-node IP is static and won't change unless explicitely rotated (see also: rotating your cluster credentials). If you're asking if there is a guarantee that it will never change for the whole lifetime of the cluster, I didn't find such statement anywhere in GKE docs. So maybe there are some specific corner cases, when it can change, but as a general rule you can safely assume that it is static and doesn't change due to upgrades, failovers, etc.

-- mario
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