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Introduction

Explore the core concept of Kubernetes services to understand how they offer stable endpoints for pods, distribute traffic evenly, and enable reliable communication within your cluster. By grasping the challenges of pod IP changes and port-forward limitations, you will learn how services improve application access and scalability.

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Introduction to services

We have seen pods come and go. And we can’t rely on their names (or IP addresses) to be stable. You have probably noticed that when we run port-forward, we always need to make sure that we have the correct pod name, as they will change. For ...