Kubernetes service external ip pending - nginx

Question

I am trying to deploy nginx on kubernetes, kubernetes version is v1.5.2,
I have deployed nginx with 3 replica, YAML file is below,
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: deployment-example
spec:
replicas: 3
revisionHistoryLimit: 2
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: nginx
spec:
containers:
- name: nginx
image: nginx:1.10
ports:
- containerPort: 80
and now I want to expose its port 80 on port 30062 of node, for that I created a service below,
kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: nginx-ils-service
spec:
ports:
- name: http
port: 80
nodePort: 30062
selector:
app: nginx
type: LoadBalancer
this service is working good as it should be, but it is showing as pending not only on kubernetes dashboard also on terminal.

Answer 1

It looks like you are using a custom Kubernetes Cluster (using minikube, kubeadm or the like). In this case, there is no LoadBalancer integrated (unlike AWS or Google Cloud). With this default setup, you can only use NodePort or an Ingress Controller.
With the Ingress Controller you can setup a domain name which maps to your pod; you don't need to give your Service the LoadBalancer type if you use an Ingress Controller.

Answer 2

If you are using Minikube, there is a magic command!
$ minikube tunnel
Hopefully someone can save a few minutes with this.
Reference link
https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/accessing/#using-minikube-tunnel

Answer 3

If you are not using GCE or EKS (you used kubeadm) you can add an externalIPs spec to your service YAML. You can use the IP associated with your node's primary interface such as eth0. You can then access the service externally, using the external IP of the node.
...
spec:
type: LoadBalancer
externalIPs:
- 192.168.0.10

Answer 4

I created a single node k8s cluster using kubeadm. When i tried PortForward and kubectl proxy, it showed external IP as pending.
$ kubectl get svc -n argocd argocd-server
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
argocd-server LoadBalancer 10.107.37.153 <pending> 80:30047/TCP,443:31307/TCP 110s
In my case I've patched the service like this:
kubectl patch svc <svc-name> -n <namespace> -p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer", "externalIPs":["172.31.71.218"]}}'
After this, it started serving over the public IP
$ kubectl get svc argo-ui -n argo
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
argo-ui LoadBalancer 10.103.219.8 172.31.71.218 80:30981/TCP 7m50s

Answer 5

To access a service on minikube, you need to run the following command:
minikube service [-n NAMESPACE] [--url] NAME
More information here : Minikube GitHub

Answer 6

When using Minikube, you can get the IP and port through which you
can access the service by running:
minikube service [service name]
E.g.:
minikube service kubia-http

Answer 7

If it is your private k8s cluster, MetalLB would be a better fit. Below are the steps.
Step 1: Install MetalLB in your cluster
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metallb/metallb/v0.9.3/manifests/namespace.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metallb/metallb/v0.9.3/manifests/metallb.yaml
# On first install only
kubectl create secret generic -n metallb-system memberlist --from-literal=secretkey="$(openssl rand -base64 128)"
Step 2: Configure it by using a configmap
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
namespace: metallb-system
name: config
data:
config: |
address-pools:
- name: default
protocol: layer2
addresses:
- 172.42.42.100-172.42.42.105 #Update this with your Nodes IP range
Step 3: Create your service to get an external IP (would be a private IP though).
FYR:
Before MetalLB installation:
After MetalLB installation:

Answer 8

If running on minikube, don't forget to mention namespace if you are not using default.
minikube service << service_name >> --url --namespace=<< namespace_name >>

Answer 9

Following #Javier's answer. I have decided to go with "patching up the external IP" for my load balancer.
$ kubectl patch service my-loadbalancer-service-name \
-n lb-service-namespace \
-p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer", "externalIPs":["192.168.39.25"]}}'
This will replace that 'pending' with a new patched up IP address you can use for your cluster.
For more on this. Please see karthik's post on LoadBalancer support with Minikube for Kubernetes
Not the cleanest way to do it. I needed a temporary solution. Hope this helps somebody.

Answer 10

If you are using minikube then run commands below from terminal,
$ minikube ip
$ 172.17.0.2 // then
$ curl http://172.17.0.2:31245
or simply
$ curl http://$(minikube ip):31245

Answer 11

In case someone is using MicroK8s: You need a network load balancer.
MicroK8s comes with metallb, you can enable it like this:
microk8s enable metallb
<pending> should turn into an actual IP address then.

Answer 12

A general way to expose an application running on a set of Pods as a network service is called service in Kubernetes. There are four types of service in Kubernetes.
ClusterIP
The Service is only reachable from within the cluster.
NodePort
You'll be able to communicate the Service from outside the cluster using NodeIP:NodePort.default node port range is 30000-32767, and this range can be changed by define --service-node-port-range in the time of cluster creation.
LoadBalancer
Exposes the Service externally using a cloud provider's load balancer.
ExternalName
Maps the Service to the contents of the externalName field (e.g. foo.bar.example.com), by returning a CNAME record with its value. No proxying of any kind is set up.
Only the LoadBalancer gives value for the External-IP Colum. and it only works if the Kubernetes cluster is able to assign an IP address for that particular service. you can use metalLB load balancer for provision IPs to your load balancer services.
I hope your doubt may go away.

Answer 13

You can patch the IP of Node where pods are hosted ( Private IP of Node ) , this is the easy workaround .
Taking reference with above posts , Following worked for me :
kubectl patch service my-loadbalancer-service-name \
-n lb-service-namespace \
-p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer", "externalIPs":["xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Private IP of Physical Server - Node - where deployment is done "]}}'

Answer 14

Adding a solution for those who encountered this error while running on amazon-eks.
First of all run:
kubectl describe svc <service-name>
And then review the events field in the example output below:
Name: some-service
Namespace: default
Labels: <none>
Annotations: kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration:
{"apiVersion":"v1","kind":"Service","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"some-service","namespace":"default"},"spec":{"ports":[{"port":80,...
Selector: app=some
Type: LoadBalancer
IP: 10.100.91.19
Port: <unset> 80/TCP
TargetPort: 5000/TCP
NodePort: <unset> 31022/TCP
Endpoints: <none>
Session Affinity: None
External Traffic Policy: Cluster
Events:
Type Reason Age From Message
---- ------ ---- ---- -------
Normal EnsuringLoadBalancer 68s service-controller Ensuring load balancer
Warning SyncLoadBalancerFailed 67s service-controller Error syncing load balancer: failed to ensure load balancer: could not find any suitable subnets for creating the ELB
Review the error message:
Failed to ensure load balancer: could not find any suitable subnets for creating the ELB
In my case, the reason that no suitable subnets were provided for creating the ELB were:
1: The EKS cluster was deployed on the wrong subnets group - internal subnets instead of public facing.
(*) By default, services of type LoadBalancer create public-facing load balancers if no service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-internal: "true" annotation was provided).
2: The Subnets weren't tagged according to the requirements mentioned here.
Tagging VPC with:
Key: kubernetes.io/cluster/yourEKSClusterName
Value: shared
Tagging public subnets with:
Key: kubernetes.io/role/elb
Value: 1

Answer 15

If you are using a bare metal you need the NodePort type
https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/baremetal/
LoadBalancer works by default in other cloud providers like Digital Ocean, Aws, etc
k edit service ingress-nginx-controller
type: NodePort
spec:
externalIPs:
- xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
using the public IP

Answer 16

Use NodePort:
$ kubectl run user-login --replicas=2 --labels="run=user-login" --image=kingslayerr/teamproject:version2 --port=5000
$ kubectl expose deployment user-login --type=NodePort --name=user-login-service
$ kubectl describe services user-login-service
(Note down the port)
$ kubectl cluster-info
(IP-> Get The IP where master is running)
Your service is accessible at (IP):(port)

Answer 17

The LoadBalancer ServiceType will only work if the underlying infrastructure supports the automatic creation of Load Balancers and have the respective support in Kubernetes, as is the case with the Google Cloud Platform and AWS. If no such feature is configured, the LoadBalancer IP address field is not populated and still in pending status , and the Service will work the same way as a NodePort type Service

Answer 18

minikube tunnel
The below solution works in my case.
First of all, try this command:
minikube tunnel
If it's not working for you. follow the below:
I restart minikube container.
docker minikube stop
then
docker minikube start
After that re-run kubernetes
minikube dashboard
After finish execute :
minikube tunnel

Answer 19

I have the same problem.
Windows 10 Desktop + Docker Desktop 4.7.1 (77678) + Minikube v1.25.2
Following the official docs on my side, I resolve with:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl expose deployment sito-php --type=LoadBalancer --port=8080 --name=servizio-php
service/servizio-php exposed
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> minikube tunnel
* Tunnel successfully started
* NOTE: Please do not close this terminal as this process must stay alive for the tunnel to be accessible ...
* Starting tunnel for service servizio-php.
PS E:\docker\apache-php> kubectl get service
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
kubernetes ClusterIP 10.96.0.1 <none> 443/TCP 33h
servizio-php LoadBalancer 10.98.218.86 127.0.0.1 8080:30270/TCP 4m39s
The open browser on http://127.0.0.1:8080/

Answer 20

same issue:
os>kubectl get svc right-sabertooth-wordpress
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S)
right-sabertooth-wordpress LoadBalancer 10.97.130.7 "pending" 80:30454/TCP,443:30427/TCP
os>minikube service list
|-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| NAMESPACE | NAME | URL |
|-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| default | kubernetes | No node port |
| default | right-sabertooth-mariadb | No node port |
| default | right-sabertooth-wordpress | http://192.168.99.100:30454 |
| | | http://192.168.99.100:30427 |
| kube-system | kube-dns | No node port |
| kube-system | tiller-deploy | No node port |
|-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
It is, however,accesible via that http://192.168.99.100:30454.

Answer 21

There are three types of exposing your service
Nodeport
ClusterIP
LoadBalancer
When we use a loadbalancer we basically ask our cloud provider to give us a dns which can be accessed online
Note not a domain name but a dns.
So loadbalancer type does not work in our local minikube env.

Answer 22

Those who are using minikube and trying to access the service of kind NodePort or LoadBalancer.
We don’t get the external IP to access the service on the local
system. So a good option is to use minikube IP
Use the below command to get the minikube IP once your service is exposed.
minikube service service-name --url
Now use that URL to serve your purpose.

Answer 23

Check kube-controller logs. I was able to solve this issue by setting the clusterID tags to the ec2 instance I deployed the cluster on.

Answer 24

If you are not on a supported cloud (aws, azure, gcloud etc..) you can't use LoadBalancer without MetalLB https://metallb.universe.tf/
but it's in beta yet..

Answer 25

Delete existing service and create a same new service solved my problems. My problems is that the loading balancing IP I defines is used so that external endpoint is pending. When I changed a new load balancing IP it still couldn't work.
Finally, delete existing service and create a new one solved my problem.

Answer 26

For your use case best option is to use NordPort service instead of loadbalancer type because loadbalancer is not available.

Answer 27

I was getting this error on the Docker-desktop. I just exit and turn it on again(Docker-desktop). It took few seconds, then It worked fine.

Answer 28

Deleting all older services and creating new resolved my issue. IP was bound to older service. just try "$kubectl get svc" and then delete all svc's one by one "$kubectl delete svc 'svc name' "

Answer 29

May be the subnet in which you are deploying your service, have not enough ip's

Answer 30

If you are trying to do this in your on-prem cloud, you need an L4LB service to create the LB instances.
Otherwise you end up with the endless "pending" message you described. It is visible in a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6FYtNpsT1M
You can use open source tools to solve this problem, the video provides some guidance on how the automation process should work.