kubectl port-forward for local access in Kubernetes - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to forward local port 8080 to pod port 80.

Kubernetes

kubectl port-forward [1] 8080:80

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Aservice/my-service

Bpod/my-pod

Cdeployment/my-deploy

Dnode/my-node

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using service or deployment instead of pod.

Omitting the resource type prefix.

You need to specify the pod name with pod/ prefix to forward ports directly to a pod.

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medium

Complete the command to forward local port 5000 to port 5000 of pod named 'web-app'.

Kubernetes

kubectl port-forward [1] 5000:5000

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Apod/web-app

Bservice/web-app

Cpod/webapp

Ddeployment/web-app

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using service or deployment instead of pod.

Misspelling the pod name.

The pod name must be exact and prefixed with pod/. Here, 'web-app' is the pod name.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to forward port 8080 to pod 'api-server'.

Kubernetes

kubectl port-forward [1] 8080:8080

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Aapi-server

Bservice/api-server

Cpod/api-server

Ddeployment/api-server

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting the resource type prefix.

Using service or deployment instead of pod.

The resource type pod/ must prefix the pod name to avoid errors.

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hard

Fill both blanks to forward local port 3000 to pod 'frontend' port 80 and local port 5000 to pod 'backend' port 5000.

Kubernetes

kubectl port-forward [1] 3000:80 & kubectl port-forward [2] 5000:5000

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Apod/frontend

Bservice/frontend

Cpod/backend

Ddeployment/backend

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using service or deployment instead of pod.

Mixing pod names between commands.

Use pod/frontend and pod/backend to forward ports directly to the pods.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a port-forward command that forwards local port 9090 to pod 'db' port 5432, and local port 8080 to pod 'cache' port 6379.

Kubernetes

kubectl port-forward [1] [2]:5432 & kubectl port-forward [3] 8080:6379

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Apod/db

B9090

Cpod/cache

D5432

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping pod names or ports.

Using wrong port numbers or missing pod prefixes.

The first command forwards local port 9090 to pod 'db' port 5432. The second forwards local port 8080 to pod 'cache' port 6379.