Day-7 | Kubernetes Services Explained | ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer Full Hands-On

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Welcome to **Day 7** of the Kubernetes Zero-to-Hero series by **Tech With Diwana** 💙 In this 21-minute masterclass, we’ll learn everything about **Kubernetes Services** — the backbone of Pod communication and external access! By the end of this video, you’ll understand and practice: ✅ What is a Service in Kubernetes ✅ Why Services are required when Pods are ephemeral ✅ Types of Services — ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer ✅ How labels and selectors connect Services to Pods ✅ Complete Hands-On on a local **Kind cluster (Windows)** ✅ Install and configure **MetalLB** to simulate LoadBalancer locally ✅ Full YAML manifests and real-time demo ✅ Bonus: Clean-up and recap at the end 💻 **Hands-On Commands Covered** - Create Kind cluster - Deploy Nginx Pod - Expose Pod using ClusterIP, NodePort & LoadBalancer - Test connectivity inside and outside cluster - Verify endpoints and IPs - Delete cluster safely 🧩 **Timestamps** 00:00 – Intro & Overview 00:40 – What is a Service? 01:30 – Why Pods need Services 02:10 – Types of Services (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer) 03:00 – Setup Kind cluster on Windows 04:00 – Create Nginx Pod (YAML Explained) 05:00 – ClusterIP Service hands-on demo 07:00 – NodePort Service hands-on demo 09:00 – Setup MetalLB LoadBalancer on Kind 11:00 – Create LoadBalancer Service and test in browser 14:00 – Labels & Selectors deep explanation 17:00 – How Services discover Pods dynamically 19:00 – Recap & Summary 20:00 – Outro and Day-8 Teaser (Ingress explained) 📁 **Folder Structure:** `Day7-Services/` ├── nginx-pod.yaml ├── clusterip-svc.yaml ├── nodeport-svc.yaml ├── metallb-config.yaml └── loadbalancer-svc.yaml 🚀 **Next Video – Day 8:** 💬 **Comment Below:** Type **#Day7Complete** if you practiced this hands-on! 🔗 **Follow Tech With Diwana:** 📺 YouTube: Tech With Diwana 🐙 GitHub: techwithdiwana: https://github.com/techwithdiwana/kubernetes-zero-to-hero/tree/main/day7_kubernetes_zero_to_hero_Services 📷 Instagram / LinkedIn / Twitter: @TechWithDiwana #Kubernetes #Services #ClusterIP #NodePort #LoadBalancer #TechWithDiwana #KubernetesTutorial #KubernetesNetworking #KindCluster #DevOps #LearnDevOps #KubernetesForBeginners #MetalLB #KubernetesHandsOn #KubernetesFullCourse #KubernetesZeroToHero