https://thebighouse.nl/tags/services/Recent content in Services on TheBigHouseHugoenSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thebighouse.nl/writing/k8s-02-services-and-ingress/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thebighouse.nl/writing/k8s-02-services-and-ingress/<p>Your application needs an address that survives the Pod running it.</p> <p>In chapter one, you put nginx in a Pod and visited it through <code>kubectl port-forward</code>. That works for a quick look. For an application people need to reach, I want a front door that stays put when the tenant moves out.</p> <p>A Service provides that door. Ingress routes browser traffic to it. You can add both to the Docker Desktop cluster you already created.</p>