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Create a Service—The Declarative Way

Explore how to create a Kubernetes Service the declarative way using a YAML manifest file. Understand key components like metadata, labels, and spec details to deploy a LoadBalancer Service. Learn to apply these concepts practically by deploying and verifying the Service within your cluster for effective traffic routing.

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It’s time to do things the proper way — the Kubernetes way.

A Service manifest file

The following YAML is from the lb.yml file, and we’ll use it to deploy a LoadBalancer Service declaratively.

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: svc-test
spec:
  replicas: 10
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      chapter: services
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        chapter: services
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: hello-ctr
        image: nigelpoulton/k8sbook:1.0
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
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