Managing Services in the Console

Creating a service

1. Log in to the TKE console and click Cluster in the left sidebar.
2. Click the ID of the cluster for which you need to create a service to go to the cluster management page.
3. Choose Services and Routes -> Service to go to the service management page, as shown below:
   
4. Click Create to go to the "Create a Service" page.
   Set the service parameters as needed. The key parameter information is as follows:
   • Service Name: customize a service name.
   • Namespace: select a namespace based on your requirements.
   • Access Settings (Service): configure account settings based on Overview and your requirements.

     To use an existing CLB, see "Using Existing CLBs".

5. Click Create Service to complete creation.

Updating a Service

Updating the YAML file

1. Log in to the TKE console and click Cluster in the left sidebar.
2. Click the ID of the cluster for which you want to update the YAML file to go to the cluster management page.
3. Choose Services and Routes -> Service to go to the service information page, as shown below:
   
4. In the row of the service for which you want to update the YAML file, click Edit YAML to go to the service update page.
5. On the "Update a Service" page, edit the YAML file and click Finish.

Managing Services Using kubectl

YAML sample

kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  ## annotations:
  ## service.kubernetes.io/qcloud-loadbalancer-internal-subnetid: subnet-xxxxxxxx ## If you are creating a service for private network access, you need to specify this annotation.
  name: my-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: MyApp
  ports:
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 80
    targetPort: 9376
  type: LoadBalancer

• kind: identifies the service resource type.
• metadata: basic information such as the service name and label.
• metadata.annotations: additional service description. You can use this parameter to set enhanced features for TKE.
• spec.type: identifies the service access type.
  • ClusterIP: the service is available and accessible in the cluster.
  • NodePort: maps the node port to the backend service. The service can be accessed from outside the cluster using IP:NodePort.
  • LoadBalancer: the service is opened using the CLB provided by TKE. By default, a public CLB is created. You can specify annotations to create a private CLB.
  • ExternalName: the service is mapped to the DNS. This only applies to kube-dns v1.7 or later.

Creating a service

1. Refer to the YAML sample to prepare the service YAML file.
2. Install kubectl and connect it to a cluster. For more information, see Connecting to a Cluster.
3. Run the following command to create the service YAML file:

   kubectl create -f Service YAML file name

   For example, to create a service YAML file named my-service.yaml, run the following command:

   kubectl create -f my-service.yaml

4. Run the following command to check whether the service YAML file was successfully created:

   kubectl get services

   If information similar to the following is returned, the service YAML file was created successfully.

   NAME         TYPE        CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)   AGE
   kubernetes   ClusterIP   172.16.255.1   <none>        443/TCP   38d

Updating a service

Method 1

Run the following command to update a service:

kubectl edit service/[name]

Method 2

1. Manually delete the old service.
2. Run the following command to create a service:

   kubectl create/apply

Deleting a service

Run the following command to delete a service:

kubectl delete service [NAME]