Service Not Reachable¶

Problem¶

Applications cannot access a Kubernetes service.

Symptoms¶

• application cannot connect to service
• requests time out
• service returns connection errors

Investigation¶

Verify the service exists:

kubectl get services

Check endpoints:

kubectl get endpoints

Inspect service configuration:

kubectl describe service my-service

Verify pods are running:

kubectl get pods

Common Causes¶

Typical causes include:

• pods not running
• incorrect service selector
• network policy blocking traffic
• incorrect service type

Resolution

Possible solutions:

• update service selectors
• ensure pods match labels
• review network policies
• verify container ports

Prevention

Best practices:

• validate service selectors
• monitor service endpoints
• use consistent labeling