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title: "Troubleshoot Load Balancer Issues | Hostman Docs"
description: "Diagnose and resolve common Kubernetes load balancer issues, including problems obtaining an external IP address."
---

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This article covers common issues you may encounter with load balancers in Kubernetes and how to resolve them.

## Failed to Obtain IP

If a load balancer fails to obtain an external IP address during creation, the following annotation will appear in the service:

```shell
k8s.hostman.com/attached-loadbalancer-ensuring-error: true
```

This means something went wrong while binding the external IP. In this case, we recommend recreating the load balancer or contacting technical support.

How to check:

1.  List all services of type LoadBalancer in the cluster:

```shell
kubectl get svc --all-namespaces --field-selector spec.type=LoadBalancer
```

2.  View the annotations of the desired service:

```shell
kubectl describe svc <service-name> -n <namespace>
```

3.  If the output contains the following annotation, recreate the load balancer or contact support and provide your cluster ID.

```shell
k8s.hostman.com/attached-loadbalancer-ensuring-error: true
```