title: external-ip remains pending on controller-service after installation of Nginx Ingress Controller on AWS EKS
body: <p>I'm following the quickstart guide <a href="https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/#aws" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/#aws</a> to install it on an aws eks cluster. The cluster runs in a  private subnet and will receive traffic via a cloudflare argo tunnel.</p>
  <pre><code>kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/controller-v1.1.0/deploy/static/provider/aws/deploy.yaml
  </code></pre>
  <p>When I then check the service I can see that it is pending:</p>
  <pre><code> kubectl get svc --namespace=ingress-nginx
  NAME                                 TYPE           CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                      AGE
  ingress-nginx-controller             LoadBalancer   10.100.64.86     &lt;pending&gt;     80:31323/TCP,443:31143/TCP   2d5h
  </code></pre>
  <p>The service generated seems ok, with valid annotations:</p>
  <pre><code> kubectl describe svc  ingress-nginx-controller --namespace=ingress-nginx
  Name:                     ingress-nginx-controller
  Namespace:                ingress-nginx
  Labels:                   app.kubernetes.io/component=controller
                            app.kubernetes.io/instance=ingress-nginx
                            app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=Helm
                            app.kubernetes.io/name=ingress-nginx
                            app.kubernetes.io/version=1.1.0
                            helm.sh/chart=ingress-nginx-4.0.10
  Annotations:              service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-backend-protocol: tcp
                            service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-cross-zone-load-balancing-enabled: true
                            service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: nlb
  Selector:                 app.kubernetes.io/component=controller,app.kubernetes.io/instance=ingress-nginx,app.kubernetes.io/name=ingress-nginx
  Type:                     LoadBalancer
  IP Family Policy:         SingleStack
  IP Families:              IPv4
  IP:                       10.100.64.86
  IPs:                      10.100.64.86
  Port:                     http  80/TCP
  TargetPort:               http/TCP
  NodePort:                 http  31323/TCP
  Endpoints:                192.168.193.149:80
  Port:                     https  443/TCP
  TargetPort:               https/TCP
  NodePort:                 https  31143/TCP
  Endpoints:                192.168.193.149:443
  Session Affinity:         None
  External Traffic Policy:  Local
  HealthCheck NodePort:     30785
  Events:
    Type    Reason                Age                     From                Message
    ----    ------                ----                    ----                -------
    Normal  EnsuringLoadBalancer  2m23s (x646 over 2d5h)  service-controller  Ensuring load balancer
  </code></pre>
  <p>Not sure how to troubleshoot or fix</p>