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  This page contains references to additional external resources for learning about KIND and how to use it.
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## Using KIND in CI

The [kind-ci/examples] project is a work-in-progress project to give working
examples of using KIND in various continuous integration environments / platforms.

## Tutorials and Guides

Here are a useful external guides / tutorials covering things not yet covered in our docs:

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### How to use KIND with MetallLB

> **NOTE**: We now have a kind integrated loadbalancer solution, see [the loadbalancer page](/docs/user/loadbalancer/).

https://mauilion.dev/posts/kind-metallb/

### How to Test a Kubernetes PR with KIND

https://mauilion.dev/posts/kind-k8s-testing/

### Using Contour Ingress with KIND

https://projectcontour.io/kindly-running-contour/

### Local Ingress Domains for your Kind Cluster

https://mjpitz.com/blog/2020/10/21/local-ingress-domains-kind/

### Connect directly to Docker-for-Mac containers via IP address

https://golangexample.com/connect-directly-to-docker-for-mac-containers-via-ip-address/

### Developing for Kubernetes with KinD

https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/development/kind/

### Using CRI-O with KIND

> **NOTE**: Depending on implementation details of the node image is not supported, only that the node images contain what kind needs to run Kubernetes at a given version.
>
> Installing CRI-O is possible but not supported.

https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/release-1.31/tutorials/crio-in-kind.md#cri-o-in-kind

## KubeCon Talks

The authors have given the following talks relating to KIND:

### Keep Calm and Load Balance on KIND - Benjamin Elder & Antonio Ojea

At KubeCon EU 2024 we spoke about [Cloud Provider KIND and how to use Load Balancers Services with KIND](https://sched.co/1YhhY)

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### Deep Dive: KIND - Benjamin Elder & Antonio Ojea

At KubeCon US 2019 we spoke about [KIND internals and the challenges ahead on the road to 1.0][kind-deep-dive].

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### A Kind Workflow for Contributing to Kubernetes - Benjamin Elder & Duffie Cooley & James Munnelly & Patrick Lang

At KubeCon US 2019 we provided a hands on tutorial [for contributing and testing your Kubernetes code with KIND][kind-workflow-for-contributing-to-kubernetes].

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### Testing your K8s apps with KIND - Benjamin Elder & James Munnelly

At KubeCon EU 2019 we spoke about [KIND and testing your Kubernetes Applications][testing-k8s-apps-with-kind].

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### Deep Dive: Testing SIG - Benjamin Elder & James Munnelly

At KubeCon EU 2019 we spoke about KIND and how we use it to test Kubernetes for the [SIG Testing Deep Dive][sig-testing-deep-dive-kind].

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### Behind Your PR: How Kubernetes Uses Kubernetes to Run Kubernetes CI - Sen Lu & Benjamin Elder

At KubeCon NA 2018 we spoke with [Sen Lu][@krzyzacy] about The Kubernetes Project's
testing tools and infrastructure, including a brief discussion of KIND and running
it on Kubernetes's Kubernetes-based CI infrastructure.

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[@krzyzacy]: https://github.com/krzyzacy
[kind-ci/examples]: https://github.com/kind-ci/examples
[testing-k8s-apps-with-kind]: https://kccnceu19.sched.com/event/MPYy/testing-your-k8s-apps-with-kind-benjamin-elder-google-james-munnelly-jetstackio
[sig-testing-deep-dive-kind]: https://kccnceu19.sched.com/event/MPkC/deep-dive-testing-sig-benjamin-elder-google-james-munnelly-jetstack
[kind-deep-dive]: https://kccncna19.sched.com/event/Uah7/deep-dive-kind-benjamin-elder-google-antonio-ojea-garcia-suse
[kind-workflow-for-contributing-to-kubernetes]: https://kccncna19.sched.com/event/Uaek/tutorial-a-kind-workflow-for-contributing-to-kubernetes-benjamin-elder-google-duffie-cooley-vmware-james-munnelly-jetstack-patrick-lang-microsoft-limited-available-seating-first-come-first-served-basis