Error when trying to expose a docker container in minikube

Question

I am using minikube to learn about docker, but I have come across a problem.

I am following along with the examples in Kubernetes in Action, and I am trying to get a pod that I have pulled from my docker hub account, but I cannot make this pod visible.

if I run

kubectl get pod

I can see that the pod is present.

NAME    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
kubia   1/1     Running   1          6d22h

However when I do the first step to create a service

kubectl expose rc kubia --type=LoadBalancer --name kubia-http service "kubia-http" exposed

I am getting this error returned

Error from server (NotFound): replicationcontrollers "kubia" not found
Error from server (NotFound): replicationcontrollers "service" not found
Error from server (NotFound): replicationcontrollers "kubia-http" not found
Error from server (NotFound): replicationcontrollers "exposed" not found

Any ideas why I am getting this error and what I need to do to correct it?

I am using minikube v1.13.1 on mac Mojave (v10.14.6), and I can't upgrade because I am using a company supplied machine, and all updates are controlled by HQ.

Answer 1

In this book, used command is kubectl run kubia --image=luksa/kubia --port=8080 --generator=run/v1 which used to create ReplicationController back in the days when book was written however this object is currently depracated.

Now kubectl run command creates standalone pod without ReplicationController. So to expose it you should run:

kubectl expose pod kubia --type=LoadBalancer --name kubia-http

In order to create a replication it is recommended to use Deployment. To create it using CLI you can simply run

kubectl create deployment <name_of_deployment> --image=<image_to_be_used>

It will create a deployment and one pod. And then it can be exposed similarly to previous pod exposure:

kubectl expose deployment kubia --type=LoadBalancer --name kubia-http

Answer 2

Replication controllers are older concepts than creating services and deployments in Kubernetes, checkout this answer.

A service template looks like the following:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: my-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: App
  ports:
    - protocol: tcp
      port: 80
      targetPort: 8080

Then after saving the service config into a file you do kubectl apply -f <filename>

Checkout more at: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#defining-a-service

Answer 3

kubia.yaml

• https://kubernetes.io/ko/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: kubia
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: kubia
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: kubia
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: kubia
          image: seunggab/kubia:latest
          ports:
          - containerPort: 8080

shell

• https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/accessing/#using-minikube-tunnel

kubectl apply -f kubia.yaml
kubectl expose deployment kubia --type=LoadBalancer --port 8080 --name kubia-http

minikube tunnel &

curl 127.0.0.1:8080

---

if you change replicas

1. change kubia.yaml (3 -> 5)

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: kubia
spec:
  replicas: 5
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: kubia
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: kubia
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: kubia
          image: seunggab/kubia:latest
          ports:
          - containerPort: 8080

2. re-apply

kubectl apply -f kubia.yaml

# as-is
NAME                     READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
kubia-5f896dc5d5-qp7wl   1/1     Running   0          20s
kubia-5f896dc5d5-rqqm5   1/1     Running   0          20s
kubia-5f896dc5d5-vqgj9   1/1     Running   0          20s

# to-be
NAME                     READY   STATUS              RESTARTS   AGE
kubia-5f896dc5d5-fsd49   0/1     ContainerCreating   0          6s
kubia-5f896dc5d5-qp7wl   1/1     Running             0          3m35s
kubia-5f896dc5d5-rqqm5   1/1     Running             0          3m35s
kubia-5f896dc5d5-vqgj9   1/1     Running             0          3m35s
kubia-5f896dc5d5-x84fr   1/1     Running             0          6s

• ref: https://github.com/seunggabi/kubernetes-in-action/wiki/2.-Kubernetes