Add a new environment variable to the startup scripts called

cluster/common.sh

@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ DNS_DOMAIN: $(yaml-quote ${DNS_DOMAIN:-})
 ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_DNS_HORIZONTAL_AUTOSCALER:-false})
 KUBE_PROXY_DAEMONSET: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_PROXY_DAEMONSET:-false})
 KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_PROXY_TOKEN:-})
+KUBE_PROXY_MODE: $(yaml-quote ${KUBE_PROXY_MODE:-iptables})
 NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TOKEN: $(yaml-quote ${NODE_PROBLEM_DETECTOR_TOKEN:-})
 ADMISSION_CONTROL: $(yaml-quote ${ADMISSION_CONTROL:-})
 ENABLE_POD_SECURITY_POLICY: $(yaml-quote ${ENABLE_POD_SECURITY_POLICY:-})

cluster/gce/config-test.sh

@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_TO_SD="${ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_TO_SD:-true}"
 # Optional: [Experiment Only] Run kube-proxy as a DaemonSet if set to true, run as static pods otherwise.
 KUBE_PROXY_DAEMONSET="${KUBE_PROXY_DAEMONSET:-false}" # true, false
 
+# Optional: Change the kube-proxy implementation. Choices are [iptables, ipvs].
+KUBE_PROXY_MODE="${KUBE_PROXY_MODE:-iptables}"
+
 # Optional: duration of cluster signed certificates.
 CLUSTER_SIGNING_DURATION="${CLUSTER_SIGNING_DURATION:-}"
 

cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh

@@ -1298,6 +1298,9 @@ function prepare-kube-proxy-manifest-variables {
   if [[ -n "${FEATURE_GATES:-}" ]]; then
     params+=" --feature-gates=${FEATURE_GATES}"
   fi
+  if [[ "${KUBE_PROXY_MODE:-}" == "ipvs" ]];then
+    params+=" --proxy-mode=ipvs --feature-gates=SupportIPVSProxyMode=true"
+  fi
   params+=" --iptables-sync-period=1m --iptables-min-sync-period=10s --ipvs-sync-period=1m --ipvs-min-sync-period=10s"
   if [[ -n "${KUBEPROXY_TEST_ARGS:-}" ]]; then
     params+=" ${KUBEPROXY_TEST_ARGS}"

hack/local-up-cluster.sh

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ EVICTION_PRESSURE_TRANSITION_PERIOD=${EVICTION_PRESSURE_TRANSITION_PERIOD:-"1m"}
 # and we don't know the IP of the DNS pod to pass in as --cluster-dns.
 # To set this up by hand, set this flag and change DNS_SERVER_IP.
 # Note also that you need API_HOST (defined above) for correct DNS.
-KUBEPROXY_MODE=${KUBEPROXY_MODE:-""}
+KUBE_PROXY_MODE=${KUBE_PROXY_MODE:-""}
 ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS=${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_DNS:-true}
 DNS_SERVER_IP=${KUBE_DNS_SERVER_IP:-10.0.0.10}
 DNS_DOMAIN=${KUBE_DNS_NAME:-"cluster.local"}