Kubernetes Service Manifest
External
Internal
Example
apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: blue labels: size: large spec: type: ClusterIP|NodePort|LoadBalancer|ExternalName selector: function: front-end # Label selector, the service is looking for # pods with the label "function=front-end" ports: - port: 80 # Port exposed externally by the service name: 'http' targetPort: 8080 # A container port nodePort: 18080 # Only present for NodePort services protocol: TCP sessionAffinity: Node
.metadata Elements
labels
The labels declared here apply to the service instance itself, they have no relationship to the target pods' labels, which are declared in the spec selector. Also see:
.spec Elements
type
Optional element. If not specified, it is assumed to be "ClusterIP". Other values: "NodePort", "LoadBalancer", "ExternalName".
selector
The service will select the pods to be exposed based on the labels specified in this selector. Also see:
ports
The element contains an array of ports that will exposed by the service. A port is specified by the following elements:
port
The port exposed by the service externally. This is the port the service will be available on, and the value will be used by the external clients connecting to the service. Also see:
targetPort
The port exposed by the pods associated with the service. The service will forward requests over connections opened with this port as target. The port can be specified using an integral value, but also using a name that was declared in the pod's manifest. For more details see:
name
When more than one port is configured, each port must carry a name. See:
nodePort
See:
sessionAffinity
By default is "None". The only other possible option is "ClientIP". For more details see: