$kubeproxy_args = $kubeproxy_args_str.Split(" ")
  Log-Output "kubeproxy_args from metadata: ${kubeproxy_args}"

  # kubeproxy is started on Linux nodes using
  # kube-manifests/kubernetes/gci-trusty/kube-proxy.manifest, which is
  # generated by start-kube-proxy in configure-helper.sh and contains e.g.:
  #   kube-proxy --master=https://35.239.84.171