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+# Kubernetes Service Specification Reference
+
+Comprehensive reference for Kubernetes Service resources, covering service types, networking, load balancing, and service discovery patterns.
+
+## Overview
+
+A Service provides stable network endpoints for accessing Pods. Services enable loose coupling between microservices by providing service discovery and load balancing.
+
+## Service Types
+
+### 1. ClusterIP (Default)
+
+Exposes the service on an internal cluster IP. Only reachable from within the cluster.
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: backend-service
+  namespace: production
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: backend
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: 8080
+    protocol: TCP
+  sessionAffinity: None
+```
+
+**Use cases:**
+- Internal microservice communication
+- Database services
+- Internal APIs
+- Message queues
+
+### 2. NodePort
+
+Exposes the service on each Node's IP at a static port (30000-32767 range).
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: frontend-service
+spec:
+  type: NodePort
+  selector:
+    app: frontend
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: 8080
+    nodePort: 30080  # Optional, auto-assigned if omitted
+    protocol: TCP
+```
+
+**Use cases:**
+- Development/testing external access
+- Small deployments without load balancer
+- Direct node access requirements
+
+**Limitations:**
+- Limited port range (30000-32767)
+- Must handle node failures
+- No built-in load balancing across nodes
+
+### 3. LoadBalancer
+
+Exposes the service using a cloud provider's load balancer.
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: public-api
+  annotations:
+    service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: "nlb"
+    service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-scheme: "internet-facing"
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  selector:
+    app: api
+  ports:
+  - name: https
+    port: 443
+    targetPort: 8443
+    protocol: TCP
+  loadBalancerSourceRanges:
+  - 203.0.113.0/24
+```
+
+**Cloud-specific annotations:**
+
+**AWS:**
+```yaml
+annotations:
+  service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: "nlb"  # or "external"
+  service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-scheme: "internet-facing"
+  service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-cross-zone-load-balancing-enabled: "true"
+  service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-ssl-cert: "arn:aws:acm:..."
+  service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-backend-protocol: "http"
+```
+
+**Azure:**
+```yaml
+annotations:
+  service.beta.kubernetes.io/azure-load-balancer-internal: "true"
+  service.beta.kubernetes.io/azure-pip-name: "my-public-ip"
+```
+
+**GCP:**
+```yaml
+annotations:
+  cloud.google.com/load-balancer-type: "Internal"
+  cloud.google.com/backend-config: '{"default": "my-backend-config"}'
+```
+
+### 4. ExternalName
+
+Maps service to external DNS name (CNAME record).
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: external-db
+spec:
+  type: ExternalName
+  externalName: db.external.example.com
+  ports:
+  - port: 5432
+```
+
+**Use cases:**
+- Accessing external services
+- Service migration scenarios
+- Multi-cluster service references
+
+## Complete Service Specification
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: my-service
+  namespace: production
+  labels:
+    app: my-app
+    tier: backend
+  annotations:
+    description: "Main application service"
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+spec:
+  # Service type
+  type: ClusterIP
+
+  # Pod selector
+  selector:
+    app: my-app
+    version: v1
+
+  # Ports configuration
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80           # Service port
+    targetPort: 8080   # Container port (or named port)
+    protocol: TCP      # TCP, UDP, or SCTP
+
+  # Session affinity
+  sessionAffinity: ClientIP
+  sessionAffinityConfig:
+    clientIP:
+      timeoutSeconds: 10800
+
+  # IP configuration
+  clusterIP: 10.0.0.10  # Optional: specific IP
+  clusterIPs:
+  - 10.0.0.10
+  ipFamilies:
+  - IPv4
+  ipFamilyPolicy: SingleStack
+
+  # External traffic policy
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+
+  # Internal traffic policy
+  internalTrafficPolicy: Local
+
+  # Health check
+  healthCheckNodePort: 30000
+
+  # Load balancer config (for type: LoadBalancer)
+  loadBalancerIP: 203.0.113.100
+  loadBalancerSourceRanges:
+  - 203.0.113.0/24
+
+  # External IPs
+  externalIPs:
+  - 80.11.12.10
+
+  # Publishing strategy
+  publishNotReadyAddresses: false
+```
+
+## Port Configuration
+
+### Named Ports
+
+Use named ports in Pods for flexibility:
+
+**Deployment:**
+```yaml
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: app
+        ports:
+        - name: http
+          containerPort: 8080
+        - name: metrics
+          containerPort: 9090
+```
+
+**Service:**
+```yaml
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: http  # References named port
+  - name: metrics
+    port: 9090
+    targetPort: metrics
+```
+
+### Multiple Ports
+
+```yaml
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: 8080
+    protocol: TCP
+  - name: https
+    port: 443
+    targetPort: 8443
+    protocol: TCP
+  - name: grpc
+    port: 9090
+    targetPort: 9090
+    protocol: TCP
+```
+
+## Session Affinity
+
+### None (Default)
+
+Distributes requests randomly across pods.
+
+```yaml
+spec:
+  sessionAffinity: None
+```
+
+### ClientIP
+
+Routes requests from same client IP to same pod.
+
+```yaml
+spec:
+  sessionAffinity: ClientIP
+  sessionAffinityConfig:
+    clientIP:
+      timeoutSeconds: 10800  # 3 hours
+```
+
+**Use cases:**
+- Stateful applications
+- Session-based applications
+- WebSocket connections
+
+## Traffic Policies
+
+### External Traffic Policy
+
+**Cluster (Default):**
+```yaml
+spec:
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
+```
+- Load balances across all nodes
+- May add extra network hop
+- Source IP is masked
+
+**Local:**
+```yaml
+spec:
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+```
+- Traffic goes only to pods on receiving node
+- Preserves client source IP
+- Better performance (no extra hop)
+- May cause imbalanced load
+
+### Internal Traffic Policy
+
+```yaml
+spec:
+  internalTrafficPolicy: Local  # or Cluster
+```
+
+Controls traffic routing for cluster-internal clients.
+
+## Headless Services
+
+Service without cluster IP for direct pod access.
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: database
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None  # Headless
+  selector:
+    app: database
+  ports:
+  - port: 5432
+    targetPort: 5432
+```
+
+**Use cases:**
+- StatefulSet pod discovery
+- Direct pod-to-pod communication
+- Custom load balancing
+- Database clusters
+
+**DNS returns:**
+- Individual pod IPs instead of service IP
+- Format: `<pod-name>.<service-name>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local`
+
+## Service Discovery
+
+### DNS
+
+**ClusterIP Service:**
+```
+<service-name>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local
+```
+
+Example:
+```bash
+curl http://backend-service.production.svc.cluster.local
+```
+
+**Within same namespace:**
+```bash
+curl http://backend-service
+```
+
+**Headless Service (returns pod IPs):**
+```
+<pod-name>.<service-name>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local
+```
+
+### Environment Variables
+
+Kubernetes injects service info into pods:
+
+```bash
+# Service host and port
+BACKEND_SERVICE_SERVICE_HOST=10.0.0.100
+BACKEND_SERVICE_SERVICE_PORT=80
+
+# For named ports
+BACKEND_SERVICE_SERVICE_PORT_HTTP=80
+```
+
+**Note:** Pods must be created after the service for env vars to be injected.
+
+## Load Balancing
+
+### Algorithms
+
+Kubernetes uses random selection by default. For advanced load balancing:
+
+**Service Mesh (Istio example):**
+```yaml
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1beta1
+kind: DestinationRule
+metadata:
+  name: my-destination-rule
+spec:
+  host: my-service
+  trafficPolicy:
+    loadBalancer:
+      simple: LEAST_REQUEST  # or ROUND_ROBIN, RANDOM, PASSTHROUGH
+    connectionPool:
+      tcp:
+        maxConnections: 100
+```
+
+### Connection Limits
+
+Use pod disruption budgets and resource limits:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: policy/v1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: my-app-pdb
+spec:
+  minAvailable: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: my-app
+```
+
+## Service Mesh Integration
+
+### Istio Virtual Service
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1beta1
+kind: VirtualService
+metadata:
+  name: my-service
+spec:
+  hosts:
+  - my-service
+  http:
+  - match:
+    - headers:
+        version:
+          exact: v2
+    route:
+    - destination:
+        host: my-service
+        subset: v2
+  - route:
+    - destination:
+        host: my-service
+        subset: v1
+      weight: 90
+    - destination:
+        host: my-service
+        subset: v2
+      weight: 10
+```
+
+## Common Patterns
+
+### Pattern 1: Internal Microservice
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: user-service
+  namespace: backend
+  labels:
+    app: user-service
+    tier: backend
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: user-service
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 8080
+    targetPort: http
+    protocol: TCP
+  - name: grpc
+    port: 9090
+    targetPort: grpc
+    protocol: TCP
+```
+
+### Pattern 2: Public API with Load Balancer
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: api-gateway
+  annotations:
+    service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-type: "nlb"
+    service.beta.kubernetes.io/aws-load-balancer-ssl-cert: "arn:aws:acm:..."
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  selector:
+    app: api-gateway
+  ports:
+  - name: https
+    port: 443
+    targetPort: 8443
+    protocol: TCP
+  loadBalancerSourceRanges:
+  - 0.0.0.0/0
+```
+
+### Pattern 3: StatefulSet with Headless Service
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: cassandra
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: cassandra
+  ports:
+  - port: 9042
+    targetPort: 9042
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: cassandra
+spec:
+  serviceName: cassandra
+  replicas: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: cassandra
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: cassandra
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: cassandra
+        image: cassandra:4.0
+```
+
+### Pattern 4: External Service Mapping
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: external-database
+spec:
+  type: ExternalName
+  externalName: prod-db.cxyz.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com
+---
+# Or with Endpoints for IP-based external service
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: external-api
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 443
+    targetPort: 443
+    protocol: TCP
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Endpoints
+metadata:
+  name: external-api
+subsets:
+- addresses:
+  - ip: 203.0.113.100
+  ports:
+  - port: 443
+```
+
+### Pattern 5: Multi-Port Service with Metrics
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: web-app
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+    prometheus.io/port: "9090"
+    prometheus.io/path: "/metrics"
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: web-app
+  ports:
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: 8080
+  - name: metrics
+    port: 9090
+    targetPort: 9090
+```
+
+## Network Policies
+
+Control traffic to services:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: allow-frontend-to-backend
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: backend
+  policyTypes:
+  - Ingress
+  ingress:
+  - from:
+    - podSelector:
+        matchLabels:
+          app: frontend
+    ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 8080
+```
+
+## Best Practices
+
+### Service Configuration
+
+1. **Use named ports** for flexibility
+2. **Set appropriate service type** based on exposure needs
+3. **Use labels and selectors consistently** across Deployments and Services
+4. **Configure session affinity** for stateful apps
+5. **Set external traffic policy to Local** for IP preservation
+6. **Use headless services** for StatefulSets
+7. **Implement network policies** for security
+8. **Add monitoring annotations** for observability
+
+### Production Checklist
+
+- [ ] Service type appropriate for use case
+- [ ] Selector matches pod labels
+- [ ] Named ports used for clarity
+- [ ] Session affinity configured if needed
+- [ ] Traffic policy set appropriately
+- [ ] Load balancer annotations configured (if applicable)
+- [ ] Source IP ranges restricted (for public services)
+- [ ] Health check configuration validated
+- [ ] Monitoring annotations added
+- [ ] Network policies defined
+
+### Performance Tuning
+
+**For high traffic:**
+```yaml
+spec:
+  externalTrafficPolicy: Local
+  sessionAffinity: ClientIP
+  sessionAffinityConfig:
+    clientIP:
+      timeoutSeconds: 3600
+```
+
+**For WebSocket/long connections:**
+```yaml
+spec:
+  sessionAffinity: ClientIP
+  sessionAffinityConfig:
+    clientIP:
+      timeoutSeconds: 86400  # 24 hours
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Service not accessible
+
+```bash
+# Check service exists
+kubectl get service <service-name>
+
+# Check endpoints (should show pod IPs)
+kubectl get endpoints <service-name>
+
+# Describe service
+kubectl describe service <service-name>
+
+# Check if pods match selector
+kubectl get pods -l app=<app-name>
+```
+
+**Common issues:**
+- Selector doesn't match pod labels
+- No pods running (endpoints empty)
+- Ports misconfigured
+- Network policy blocking traffic
+
+### DNS resolution failing
+
+```bash
+# Test DNS from pod
+kubectl run debug --rm -it --image=busybox -- nslookup <service-name>
+
+# Check CoreDNS
+kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l k8s-app=kube-dns
+kubectl logs -n kube-system -l k8s-app=kube-dns
+```
+
+### Load balancer issues
+
+```bash
+# Check load balancer status
+kubectl describe service <service-name>
+
+# Check events
+kubectl get events --sort-by='.lastTimestamp'
+
+# Verify cloud provider configuration
+kubectl describe node
+```
+
+## Related Resources
+
+- [Kubernetes Service API Reference](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.28/#service-v1-core)
+- [Service Networking](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/)
+- [DNS for Services and Pods](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/dns-pod-service/)