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Day 2: Getting Started with vind: Your First Deployment with LoadBalancer

Mar 10, 2026

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Install vind, create a local Kubernetes cluster, and deploy nginx with a working LoadBalancer — in under 3 minutes

KinD needs MetalLB for LoadBalancer services. vind has it built in. In Day 2 of the 7 Days of vind series, we walk through creating a cluster, deploying nginx, and hitting a real LoadBalancer IP, all running in Docker on your laptop.

vind

vCluster

Platform Engineering

Open Source

Docker

Day 1: Introduction to vind: Why I Replaced KinD with vCluster in Docker [vind]

Mar 8, 2026

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KinD works until it doesn't. vind picks up where it leaves off.

KinD works, until you need LoadBalancer services, multi-node setups, or the ability to pause and resume clusters. vind gives you a production-like local Kubernetes experience in Docker with features KinD simply doesn't have. Day 1 of the 7 Days of vind series.

vind

vCluster

Docker

Kubernetes Insights

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