Services

Pod configuration is managed by Deployments, StatefulSets and Daemonsets, whereas services direct traffic to pods using selectors.

For every workload (with at least one port configured) created, a complementing Service Discovery entry is created. This Service Discovery entry enables DNS resolution for the workload’s pods using the following naming convention: <workload>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local.

You can create additional services so that a given namespace resolves with one or more external IP addresses, an external hostname, an alias to another DNS record, other workloads, or a set of pods that match a selector that you create.

  1. In the upper left corner, click ☰ > Cluster Management.

  2. Go to the cluster where you want to add a service and click Explore.

  3. Click Service Discovery  Services.

  4. Click Create.

  5. Choose the type of service you want to create.

  6. Select a Namespace from the drop-down list.

  7. Enter a Name for the service. This name is used for DNS resolution.

  8. Fill out the rest of the form. For help, refer to the upstream Kubernetes documentation about services.

  9. Click Create.

Result: A new service is created.

  • You can view the record by from the project’s Service Discovery tab.

  • When you visit the new DNS name for the new record that you created (<recordname>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local), it resolves the chosen namespace.

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