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Kubernetes ClusterIP Service

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Christopher Adamson
May 18, 2025
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In Kubernetes, a Service is the abstraction that defines a logical set of Pods and a policy by which to access them. The default Service type—ClusterIP—allocates a virtual IP address inside the cluster, enabling other workloads to discover and communicate with your application without knowing individual Pod IPs. This tutorial walks through the motivations, anatomy, creation methods, service discovery, debugging, and best practices for ClusterIP Services.

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