Kubernetes Service Operations

Internal

• Kubernetes Operations
• Kubernetes Service Concepts

List Services

kubectl [-n <namespace>] get svc

Describe a Service

kubectl [-o yaml] get svc <service-name>

kubectl describe svc <service-name>

Create a Service

With CLI

A service of any type (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer, or ExternalName) can be created with the kubectl expose command.

More details:

kubectl expose

With Metadata

Describe the service in a metadata YAML file:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: some-service
spec:
  selector:
    function: serves-http
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 8888

More details about the service manifest available in:

Kubernetes Service Manifest

POST it with:

kubectl apply -f ./service.yaml