You'll want to set up your guestbook service so that it can be accessed from outside of the internal Kubernetes network. Above, we introduced one way to do that, using the `type: LoadBalancer` spec.
You'll want to set up your guestbook service so that it can be accessed from outside of the internal Kubernetes network. Above, we introduced one way to do that, using the `type: LoadBalancer` spec.
More generally, Kubernetes supports two ways of exposing a service onto an external IP address: `NodePort`s and `LoadBalancer`s , as described [here](../../docs/user-guide/services.md#external-services).
More generally, Kubernetes supports two ways of exposing a service onto an external IP address: `NodePort`s and `LoadBalancer`s , as described [here](../../docs/user-guide/services.md#publishing-services---service-types).
If the `LoadBalancer` specification is used, it can take a short period for an external IP to show up in `kubectl get services` output, but you should shortly see it listed as well, e.g. like this:
If the `LoadBalancer` specification is used, it can take a short period for an external IP to show up in `kubectl get services` output, but you should shortly see it listed as well, e.g. like this:
