# kube-proxy Configuration (v1alpha1) — KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration

> KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration contains ipvs-related configuration details for the Kubernetes proxy server.

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KubeProxyIPVSConfiguration contains ipvs-related configuration details for the Kubernetes proxy server.

syncPeriod [Required] syncPeriod is an interval (e.g. '5s', '1m', '2h22m') indicating how frequently various re-synchronizing and cleanup operations are performed. Must be greater than 0. minSyncPeriod [Required] minSyncPeriod is the minimum period between IPVS rule resyncs (e.g. '5s', '1m', '2h22m'). A value of 0 means every Service or EndpointSlice change will result in an immediate IPVS resync. scheduler [Required] string scheduler is the IPVS scheduler to use excludeCIDRs [Required] []string excludeCIDRs is a list of CIDRs which the ipvs proxier should not touch when cleaning up ipvs services. strictARP [Required] bool strictARP configures arp_ignore and arp_announce to avoid answering ARP queries from kube-ipvs0 interface tcpTimeout [Required] tcpTimeout is the timeout value used for idle IPVS TCP sessions. The default value is 0, which preserves the current timeout value on the system. tcpFinTimeout [Required] tcpFinTimeout is the timeout value used for IPVS TCP sessions after receiving a FIN. The default value is 0, which preserves the current timeout value on the system. udpTimeout [Required] udpTimeout is the timeout value used for IPVS UDP packets. The default value is 0, which preserves the current timeout value on the system.

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