[jacobsenscott]

Anyone can ssh into a server and apt-get haproxy and tweak the configuration and get it "working" where the definition of working is accepting and routing traffic. But that's just a hobby setup. When people say setting up a load balancer is complex they are talking about professional setups, not a one off software install on a single server.

[CameronNemo]

So give me a (possibly private) ASN, a couple bgp peers, and the frrouting suite. ACME is not difficult either.

[jacobsenscott]

But I want to be able to update my haproxy config with a git push, and roll it back with a single command, without sshing into anything, if something goes wrong. I want my everyday administration to be simple. Not the initial setup.

[CameronNemo]

k8s did not invent gitops.

[FridgeSeal]

No but it sure as hell made it a lot easier and straightforward.