How to access kubernetes service on localhost with Docker for Windows

docker kubernetes kubectl docker-for-windows

There are two ways to expose a service to the outer world from a Kubernetes cluster:

type: LoadBalancer. However, it works only with cloud providers.
type: NodePort. As you used in this case. Now, to access service inside Kubernetes cluster, you need to use the IP address of one of your Nodes and the port from the field nodePortFor example, 12.34.56.78:30001

For more information, look through the official documentation.

docker kubernetes kubectl docker-for-windows

For local development:

kubectl port-forward <my-pod-name> 8080:8080

Your pod will be accessible on localhost:8080.

More about port forwarding here.

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