Create service in Kubernetes cluster using Terraform

Question

Hi Guys,

I have configured one pod in the Kubernetes cluster using Terraform code. Now I want to expose the pod using Terraform. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Hi@MD,

To expose the pod to end-users, provision a service. Service is capable of provisioning a load-balancer in some cloud providers. It can manage the relationship between pods and the load balancer while new pods are launched. You can see the below example.

resource "kubernetes_service" "echo" {
  metadata {
    name = "echo-example"
  }
  spec {
    selector {
      App = "${kubernetes_pod.echo.metadata.0.labels.App}"
    }
    port {
      port        = 80
      target_port = 80
    }
    type = "LoadBalancer"
} }

output "lb_ip" {
  value = "${kubernetes_service.echo.load_balancer_ingress.0.ip}"
}