Add blog local-cloud-controller-manager-for-load-balancers by rfranzke · Pull Request #954 · gardener/documentation

rfranzke · 2026-04-29T09:31:16Z

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This PR proposes a new blog post titled:

"Local cloud-controller-manager for Load Balancers"

The purpose of the blog post is to inform the community about new Gardener features or changes (2026-04-29).

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If you decide the topic isn't appropriate for a blog post, feel free to close this PR and delete the branch.

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Review the content in website/blog/2026/04/04-29-local-cloud-controller-manager-for-load-balancers.md.
Make any necessary edits, additions, or removals, and then push the changes:

git add website/blog/2026/04/04-29-local-cloud-controller-manager-for-load-balancers.md
git commit --amend --no-edit
git push origin +blog/2026-04-29-local-cloud-controller-manager-for-load-balancers

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rfranzke · 2026-04-29T09:31:47Z

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@timebertt Could you please add a tags to the blog in order to give a better idea on the topics covered in it?

A list of available tags: Gardener Blog Tags

timebertt · 2026-04-29T13:50:56Z

@timebertt Could you please add a tags to the blog in order to give a better idea on the topics covered in it?

A list of available tags: Gardener Blog Tags

Feel free to add the tags you see fit :)

n-boshnakov · 2026-05-07T07:35:11Z

@timebertt Could you please add a tags to the blog in order to give a better idea on the topics covered in it?
A list of available tags: Gardener Blog Tags

Feel free to add the tags you see fit :)

Done. Please take a look at the tags and feel free to merge the suggestion if you agree.

…load-balancers.md Co-authored-by: Nikolay Boshnakov <nikolay.boshnakov@sap.com>

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