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Captain's dictionary

Every word from the ports, in one plain sentence, with the lesson that explains it.

5 of 31 words

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Service
A steady address in front of a changing group of Pods, so others can always reach them.
Explained at port 1.14 · Services: why pods need an address →
ClusterIP
The default Service type: a stable address reachable only from inside the cluster.
Explained at port 1.16 · ClusterIP →
kube-proxy
Runs on every node and turns a Service's virtual IP into forwarding rules that reach the pods.
Explained at port 1.9 · kube-proxy →
LoadBalancer
A Service type that asks your cloud for a load balancer with one public IP, built on a NodePort.
Explained at port 1.17 · LoadBalancer →
NodePort
A Service type that opens the same port (30000-32767) on every node.
Explained at port 1.15 · NodePort →