<p>I'm creating a k8 service in AKS with type=LoadBalancer. My intention is to expose this to the internet. I see that it has an external ip and works as expected.</p>

<p>My questions are:<br>
1) what happens underneath the covers? does AKS create an azure load balancer resource? I don't see it in the portal.
2) does it cost extra money to have this service vs a ClusterIP service? if so, how much exactly?</p>

George Moussa
<ol>
<li>Yes, AKS does create a load balancer resource. its in the worker nodes resource group, not in the aks resource group</li>
<li>yes it does, publicIp costs about 5$ a month, or something close to that, you can check azure calculator for exact price.</li>
</ol>

<p>ps. ClusterIP isnt really an option, you cant use it for anything outside the cluster to talk to the service, afaik</p>
