A Kubernetes service is an abstraction serving a set of pods. The pods that a service defines or represents are selected using label selectors specified in the service spec. A service's label selector expression must be included in a pod's labels for the service to represent the pod. For example, if a service selector expression is "app=hello-world", a pod's labels must include the label "app=hello-world" for the service to represent the pod. A service is accessed at one or more endpoints provided by the service. The number of endpoints available is equal to the number of pod ...
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Deepak Vohra, Kubernetes Management Design Patterns, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2598-1_7
7. Using Services
Deepak Vohra1
(1)White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
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