Hi, I realise this is a super late response. I just stumbled across your question. We have built a Kubernetes operator for HBase and are using a concept we call "Listeners" to make the behavior configurable for our users. So it's either LoadBalancer or ClusterIP or NodePort depending on the requirements. https://docs.stackable.tech/home/stable/listener-operator/listenerclass/#preset-details
This is working fine for us and our customers. Happy to talk more if it helps. Cheers, Lars On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM Kang Minwoo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello HBase Community, > > We are considering running HBase on Kubernetes and are exploring ways to > allow external access to RegionServers from outside the Kubernetes cluster. > > We are concerned that routing large-scale traffic through a load balancer may > cause issues, and using host networking also seems problematic. > > If anyone has experience operating HBase on Kubernetes, could you share how > you enabled external access to RegionServers? What approaches or best > practices have you found effective? > > Any insights or examples would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you!
