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hardkubectl

Expose a deployment as a NodePort service accessible on every cluster node

command

kubectl expose deployment DEPLOYMENT --port PORT --target-port TARGET_PORT --type NodePort

also accepted

kubectl expose deploymentkubectl expose deployment DEPLOYMENT --type NodePort

Command breakdown

Part of the Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) — Services category.

kubectlexposedeploymentDEPLOYMENT--portPORT--target-portTARGET_PORT--typeNodePort

Flag	Purpose
`--port`	Boolean flag
`--target-port`	Boolean flag
`--type`	Boolean flag

More Services commands

List all services and their cluster IPs and ports in the current namespacekubectl get services
Create a service to expose a deployment's pods to network traffickubectl expose deployment DEPLOYMENT_NAME --port PORT --type TYPE
Show detailed information including endpoints for a specific servicekubectl describe service SERVICE_NAME
Remove a service and stop routing traffic to its backing podskubectl delete service SERVICE_NAME
Open a service's live configuration in an editor for in-place modificationkubectl edit service SERVICE_NAME
List all ingress resources and their associated hosts and pathskubectl get ingress
List all endpoints showing the backing pod IPs for each servicekubectl get endpoints
Expose a single pod as a LoadBalancer service with an external IPkubectl expose pod POD_NAME --port PORT --type LoadBalancer

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