# MetalLB — Manual Setup

MetalLB is **not** included in `bootstrap.sh deploy`. It must be installed
manually before deploying `traefik-internal` (which depends on the MetalLB
`loadBalancerClass`).

```bash
helm repo add metallb https://metallb.github.io/metallb
helm repo update
helm dependency build charts/metallb
helm upgrade --install metallb charts/metallb -n kube-system --wait
```

The chart wraps the upstream MetalLB subchart and adds a custom
`IPAddressPool` + `L2Advertisement` (defined in `charts/metallb/templates/pool.yaml`).
The pool assigns a single IP (`10.0.1.250`) with `autoAssign: false`, so only
services that explicitly request the `internal` pool via annotation get that IP.