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Adding clarification that Endpoints are still required when EndpointS…
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…lices are enabled
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robscott committed Oct 3, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ network endpoints, they will be split into multiple smaller Endpoint Slice
resources instead of a single large Endpoints resource.

## Enabling Endpoint Slices

As an alpha feature, Endpoint Slices are not enabled by default in Kubernetes.
Enabling Endpoint Slices requires as many as 3 changes to Kubernetes cluster
configuration.
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existing Endpoints functionality, Endpoint Slices should include new bits of
information such as topology. They will allow for greater scalability and
extensibility of network endpoints in your cluster.

## Endpoints Still Required

Although Endpoint Slices may eventually replace Endpoints, many Kubernetes
components still rely on Endpoints. For now, enabling Endpoint Slices should be
seen as an addition to Endpoints in a cluster, not a replacement for them.

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