Kube-proxy will run in iptables mode by default in a cluster deployed by [kubeadm](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm/).
If you are using kubeadm with a [configuration file](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/kubeadm-init/#config-file), you can specify the ipvs mode adding `SupportIPVSProxyMode: true` below the `kubeProxy` field.
If you are using kubeadm with a [configuration file](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/kubeadm-init/#config-file), you have to add `mode: ipvs` and also add `SupportIPVSProxyMode: true` below the `kubeProxy` field as part of the kubeadm configuration.
```json
kind: MasterConfiguration
apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1alpha1
...
kubeProxy:
config:
featureGates:
SupportIPVSProxyMode: true
mode: ipvs
...
```
Note that in Kubernetes 1.11 and later, `SupportIPVSProxyMode` is set to `true` by default.