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Improve wording about HTTP L7 proxying integration
Some cloud providers implement custom HTTP-aware reverse proxying that integrates with Service (no Ingress or Gateway). Tweak the wording around the docs for this detail.
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content/en/docs/reference/networking/service-protocols.md

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### HTTP {#protocol-http-special}
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If your cloud provider supports it, you can use a Service set to `type: LoadBalancer` as a way
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to set up external HTTP / HTTPS reverse proxying, forwarded to the EndpointSlices / Endpoints of that Service.
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If your cloud provider supports it, you can use a Service in LoadBalancer mode to
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configure a load balancer outside of your Kubernetes cluster, in a special mode
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where your cloud provider's load balancer implements HTTP / HTTPS reverse proxying,
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with traffic forwarded to the backend endpoints for that Service.
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Typically, you set the protocol to `TCP` and add an
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Typically, you set the protocol for the Service to `TCP` and add an
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{{< glossary_tooltip text="annotation" term_id="annotation" >}}
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(usually specific to your cloud provider) that configures the load balancer
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to handle traffic at the HTTP level.

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