What is the difference between a ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer service type?

Kubernetes Fundamentals Medium

Kubernetes Fundamentals — Medium

What is the difference between a ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer service type?

Key points

  • ClusterIP is limited to internal communication
  • NodePort exposes services on each node's IP
  • LoadBalancer provides external access via a cloud load balancer

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