Kubernetes services

A Kubernetes service is an abstraction which defines a logical set of Pods and a policy by which to access.

• https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/

Kubernetes sample service: my-service

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: my-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: MyAppLabel
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 80
      targetPort: 9376

If targetPort is not specified then same port value is used also as targetPort

Commands

• kubectl create clusterip
• kubectl create externalname
• kubectl create loadbalancer
• kubectl create nodeport

Changelog

• v1.18 (March 2020) AppProtocol is a new optional field on ports in Endpoints and Services

Related terms

• kubectl get services
• kubectl get svc
• kubectl delete services hello-minikube
• Deployments
• ConfigMaps
• kubectl port-forward
• kind: Endpoint
• kubectl expose

Activities

• Review CKA v1.18: Understand Services and other network primitives
• Review CKA v1.15: Understand Services

See also

• Kubernetes services, kubectl get services, kubectl describe service, kubectl create service [ loadbalancer | nodeport | clusterip | externalname ], kubectl expose, headless service, service.beta.kubernetes.io