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Services and Networking
This domain covers Kubernetes Services, DNS resolution, Ingress, NetworkPolicy, and connectivity troubleshooting on a live cluster. CKAD tasks require you to create and inspect Services, resolve cross-namespace DNS names, configure Ingress rules and TLS, forward ports with kubectl, and verify pod-to-pod networking using imperative commands and YAML manifests.
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What to know about Services and Networking
You must be able to create and debug Services, Ingress, and NetworkPolicy, and resolve DNS names across namespaces. The single most important thing is matching Service selectors to Pod labels and using fully qualified DNS names like svc-a.ns2.svc.cluster.local.
Creating ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer Services with kubectl expose or YAML
Resolving Service DNS names like svc-a.ns2.svc.cluster.local across namespaces
Using kubectl port-forward to reach Pods and Services from localhost
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Common Services and Networking exam traps
- ▸Assuming a Service in another namespace resolves by short name; cross-namespace DNS requires the full name including namespace
- ▸Forgetting that a Service selector must match Pod labels exactly, so endpoints stay empty when labels differ
- ▸Writing Ingress paths without the correct pathType, causing the rule to be rejected or not route traffic
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A developer runs `kubectl expose deployment web-deploy --port=80 --target-port=8080 --type=NodePort` and later wants to access the Service from outside the cluster. What is the correct way to find the external port?
Medium2A team uses a Service named 'backend' in namespace 'prod' to reach Pods in namespace 'staging'. The Service in 'prod' has no endpoints. What is the most likely cause?
Hard3Given the following NetworkPolicy YAML: apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: NetworkPolicy metadata: name: deny-all spec: podSelector: {} policyTypes: - Ingress - Egress What is the effect of this policy?
Hard4When using 'kubectl expose', which flag creates a NodePort service?
Medium5Which TWO of the following are valid Ingress path types? (Select 2)
Easy6Which command exposes a deployment named 'web' as a ClusterIP service on port 80?
Easy7A developer wants to expose a set of Pods on a specific port on each node's IP. Which Service type should be used?
Easy8You want to block all ingress traffic to pods labeled 'app=api' except from pods labeled 'app=frontend'. Which NetworkPolicy rule is correct?
Medium9You create a Service with `kubectl expose deployment web --port=80 --target-port=8080`. What type of Service is created by default?
Easy10You have a NetworkPolicy named 'deny-all' in namespace 'secure' that selects all pods and has no ingress rules. You need to allow incoming traffic to pods with label 'app: db' on port 5432 from pods with label 'app: api' in the same namespace. Which NetworkPolicy should you create?
Hard11A NetworkPolicy named 'default-deny-ingress' is applied to a namespace but contains no rules. What is the effect on pods in that namespace?
Medium12You have an Ingress that should route requests to 'api.example.com' to a service named 'api-svc' on port 80, and requests to 'www.example.com' to 'web-svc' on port 80. Which host-based routing rule is correct?
Medium13A StatefulSet named 'web' is created with 3 replicas. What is the DNS name for the second pod (index 1)?
Medium14An Ingress has two rules: - host: app.example.com, path: /api -> service-a:80 - host: api.example.com, path: / -> service-b:80 A request to `app.example.com/api/v1` reaches which service?
Hard15You create a Service with the following YAML: ``` apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: my-service spec: ports: - name: http port: 80 targetPort: 8080 selector: app: my-app ``` What is the default Service type?
Medium16An admin wants to expose a Service only for internal cluster communication, without external access. Which Service type should they use?
Medium17An admin creates a Service without a selector. Which of the following is true about such a Service?
Hard18Which THREE statements about NetworkPolicy are correct? (Select 3)
Hard19What is the default Service type when creating a Service via 'kubectl create service' or YAML without specifying type?
Easy20A Service uses a selector to target Pods. After updating the Pod labels, you notice the endpoints list is empty. What is the most likely reason?
Easy21You run 'kubectl port-forward pod/my-pod 8080:80'. What does this command do?
Medium22You have a Service named 'web' in namespace 'default'. Which DNS name resolves to the Service's ClusterIP?
Medium23You need to temporarily access a pod's HTTP endpoint on port 8080 from your local machine. Which command should you use?
Medium24A StatefulSet is deployed with a headless service (clusterIP: None). The pods are named 'web-0', 'web-1', 'web-2'. What DNS name resolves to the specific IP of 'web-1'?
Hard25You have a headless service 'db' in namespace 'data'. Pods in that namespace can resolve 'db.data.svc.cluster.local'. What is the effect of a headless service on DNS resolution?
Medium26A developer deploys a set of Pods labeled app=frontend and wants to expose them internally within the cluster on a stable IP. Which resource should be used?
Medium27A Service named `api` in namespace `default` has multiple endpoints. You run `kubectl get endpoints api` and see no IPs. What is the most likely cause?
Medium28A ClusterIP service named 'db-service' in namespace 'data' is not reachable from a pod in the same namespace. The pod's /etc/resolv.conf shows 'search data.svc.cluster.local svc.cluster.local cluster.local'. Using the pod, which command tests DNS resolution for the service?
Medium29Which of the following is a valid NetworkPolicy that allows ingress traffic only from pods with label 'role: frontend' in any namespace?
Hard30You need to expose a Deployment named 'web' on port 80 internally within the cluster. Which command creates the appropriate Service?
Medium31Which THREE of the following are valid use cases for a Headless Service (clusterIP: None)?
Hard32An Ingress resource is created with the following YAML: apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: my-ingress spec: rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /api pathType: Prefix backend: service: name: api-svc port: number: 80 Which of the following requests will be routed to the api-svc Service? (Select all that apply.)
Medium33Order the steps to perform a rolling rollback of a Deployment to a previous revision.
Medium34Which service type is used to expose a service using an external DNS name, such as a database hosted outside Kubernetes?
Easy35Which TWO statements about Ingress are correct? (Select 2)
Medium36An Ingress resource routes traffic to a Service 'web' on port 80. The Service has multiple endpoints but all return 503. What should be checked first?
Hard37What annotation is required on an Ingress resource to use a specific IngressClass (e.g., 'nginx')?
Easy38Which command forwards port 8080 on the local machine to port 80 on a pod named 'web-pod'?
Easy39You have a Deployment with multiple replicas. You want to expose it via a Service that has a stable IP address and is accessible from outside the cluster on a static port on each node. Which Service type should you use?
Hard40You have a headless Service for a StatefulSet. The DNS query for the service returns no A records. What is the most likely cause?
Medium41Which TWO are valid Service types? (Choose two.)
Medium42Which Service type is used to expose a Service externally using a cloud provider's load balancer?
Easy43A StatefulSet named 'mysql' is deployed with 3 replicas. The administrator wants to create a headless Service so that each pod gets a unique DNS entry. Which Service specification should be used?
Hard44You are a platform engineer managing a Kubernetes cluster version 1.28. A development team has deployed a microservice application called 'order-processor' in the 'prod' namespace. The application consists of a frontend Pod 'frontend' and a backend Pod 'backend', each with a single container. The frontend needs to communicate with the backend using a headless Service named 'backend-svc' that selects Pods with label 'app:backend'. The backend Pods are expected to scale horizontally, and the frontend uses a DNS lookup to discover all backend Pod IPs for client-side load balancing. However, after deploying, the frontend is unable to resolve 'backend-svc' to any IP addresses. The backend Pod is running and has the correct label 'app:backend'. The Service 'backend-svc' is defined as a ClusterIP with clusterIP: None. The frontend container has the 'default' DNS policy. What is the most likely cause of the failure?
Hard45Which TWO of the following are valid service types in Kubernetes?
Easy46To create a service that will be accessible from outside the cluster using a cloud provider's load balancer, what type should be used?
Easy47A ClusterIP service named 'svc' has no endpoints. Which command can you use to debug why the service is not routing traffic?
Hard48Which TWO of the following are true about headless services? (Select 2)
Easy49You apply the following Ingress manifest: apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: app-ingress spec: ingressClassName: nginx rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /api pathType: Prefix backend: service: name: api-service port: number: 80 The Ingress controller logs show a 404 error when accessing 'http://example.com/api'. The service 'api-service' exists and is reachable via ClusterIP. What is the most likely cause?
Hard50You want to deny all incoming traffic to a set of pods except from pods with label 'role: frontend'. Which NetworkPolicy spec should you use?
Easy51A NetworkPolicy allows egress traffic to pods with label 'db: mysql' in the same namespace. Which egress rule is correct?
Medium52You have a Service named 'web-svc' of type ClusterIP. You want to test connectivity to it from a temporary pod. Which command would you use to launch a temporary interactive pod with the image 'busybox' and then run 'wget' against the Service?
Medium53Which TWO statements about headless services are correct?
Medium54You need to allow ingress traffic to pods in namespace 'api' only from pods in namespace 'frontend' that have label 'role: proxy'. Which NetworkPolicy ingress rule correctly implements this?
Medium55You have a Deployment named 'web' with label 'app: web'. You want to create a Service that exposes the Deployment on port 80 internally within the cluster. Which kubectl command achieves this?
Easy56Which THREE are valid fields in a NetworkPolicy spec? (Choose three.)
Hard57A NetworkPolicy denies all ingress traffic to a namespace. Which rule would allow traffic only from pods in the same namespace?
Medium58What is the purpose of the 'spec.externalName' field in a Service of type ExternalName?
Easy59What is the default type of a Kubernetes Service when no type is specified in the YAML manifest?
Easy60A developer creates a headless Service with 'clusterIP: None' for a StatefulSet. What is the primary purpose of using a headless Service?
Medium61A developer wants to expose a Deployment named 'web-app' (with label 'app: web') as a ClusterIP service on port 80. Which command achieves this?
Easy62You have a Service named 'api' with selectors that match pods. However, curl to the Service cluster IP times out. 'kubectl get endpoints api' shows no endpoints. What is the most likely cause?
Medium63A ClusterIP Service named 'db' in namespace 'data' is not reachable from a pod in namespace 'app'. Which DNS name should the pod use to resolve the service?
Medium64A developer creates a Deployment with 3 replicas and a Service with `clusterIP: None`. What is the primary use case for this headless Service?
Medium65A developer creates a headless Service named 'db' to discover all database pod IPs. The Service selects pods with label 'app: db'. The pods are assigned IPs 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2, and 10.0.0.3. When a client performs a DNS lookup for 'db', what will it receive?
Medium66Which TWO of the following are required for Ingress to route HTTP traffic to a backend Service?
Easy67You have a Service named 'myservice' in namespace 'default'. A pod in the same cluster but different namespace 'other' wants to resolve the service's IP. What DNS name should it use?
Medium68Which THREE are valid ways to expose a Service externally in Kubernetes?
Hard69Which THREE components are required for a basic Ingress to route HTTP traffic to a Service? (Choose three.)
Hard70A Pod needs to communicate with another Pod in the same cluster but in a different namespace. What is the correct DNS name to use?
Medium71What is the DNS name for a Service named 'backend' in the 'default' namespace?
Easy72Which THREE of the following are true about Kubernetes Services? (Select 3)
Hard73Which TWO of the following are correct about the ExternalName Service type?
Medium74A StatefulSet named 'mysql' is deployed with 3 replicas. The administrator wants each pod to have a stable network identity. Which service configuration is required?
Medium75Which THREE commands can be used to list the endpoints of a Service named 'my-svc'?
Medium76You are responsible for a multi-tier application running in a Kubernetes cluster. The frontend Pods communicate with backend Pods via a Service named 'backend' in the same namespace. Recently, the frontend team reported that the backend Service is intermittently unreachable. You inspect the backend Pods and notice that they are all running and ready, but the Endpoints object for the 'backend' Service shows only a subset of the Pod IPs. You also notice that the backend Pods have a readiness probe configured that checks an HTTP endpoint '/healthz'. The readiness probe has a periodSeconds of 5 and failureThreshold of 3. The application logs show occasional spikes in response time on the /healthz endpoint, sometimes exceeding 15 seconds. You need to resolve the intermittent unavailability without removing the readiness probe. Which action should you take?
Hard77Which THREE statements about Ingress are correct? (Choose three.)
Medium78A Pod needs to access an external database at db.example.com:3306. Which Service type allows Pods to resolve a cluster-local name to this external address?
Medium79Which Service type is used to expose a Service on a static port on each node's IP address, allowing external traffic to reach the Service?
Easy80An Ingress resource is configured with TLS. Which field in the Ingress YAML specifies the secret containing the TLS certificate and key?
Medium81An administrator applies the following NetworkPolicy: apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: NetworkPolicy metadata: name: deny-all spec: podSelector: {} policyTypes: - Ingress - Egress After applying this policy, which traffic flows are affected?
Hard82An Ingress resource has the following spec: spec: rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /api pathType: Prefix backend: service: name: api-service port: number: 80 What will the Ingress controller do for a request to http://example.com/api/v1/users?
Medium83Which THREE statements about NetworkPolicy are correct?
Hard84Which TWO of the following are valid ways to expose a service externally on a Kubernetes cluster? (Select 2)
Medium85A Service named 'api' has no endpoints. 'kubectl describe svc api' shows the selector 'app: api', but no pods have that label. What is the most likely reason for missing endpoints?
Hard86What is the DNS name for a Service named `svc` in namespace `ns`?
Easy87A company runs a web application in a Kubernetes cluster. The application consists of a frontend service and a backend service. The frontend needs to communicate with the backend using a DNS name that does not change even if the backend pods are recreated. Which Kubernetes resource should the frontend use to reach the backend?
Medium88Which TWO items are required for Ingress to work correctly in a Kubernetes cluster?
Medium89Arrange the steps to create a multi-container Pod with a shared volume.
Medium90A developer wants to access a specific pod's port 8080 from their local machine using a temporary connection. Which command should they use?
Easy91A NetworkPolicy with the following spec is applied: spec: podSelector: {} policyTypes: - Ingress ingress: - from: - podSelector: matchLabels: role: frontend What does this policy do?
Medium92Which TWO statements about Ingress are correct?
Medium93A user creates a Deployment with 3 replicas and a Service of type ClusterIP. The Service selects pods with label 'app: web'. The user wants external clients to access the application via a stable IP address. Which additional resource is required?
Easy94A NetworkPolicy named 'deny-all' is applied in a namespace. Which YAML snippet correctly implements a default-deny-all ingress policy?
Medium95An Ingress resource specifies TLS termination using a secret. The secret must contain which keys?
Hard96What is the default service type in Kubernetes?
Easy97You apply the following NetworkPolicy: apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: NetworkPolicy metadata: name: deny-all spec: podSelector: {} policyTypes: - Ingress - Egress After applying, pods in the namespace cannot reach the kube-dns service. What is the most likely reason?
Hard98Which THREE components are typically involved when using Ingress to expose a service?
Hard99An Ingress resource is configured with TLS termination. The secret referenced in the Ingress is present, but the Ingress controller returns 404. What is the most likely cause?
Hard100You have an Ingress resource with TLS configured. The certificate is stored in a Secret named 'my-tls'. Which field in the Ingress YAML specifies the Secret name?
Hard101You have a Service named 'my-svc' in the 'prod' namespace. What is the fully qualified DNS name for this Service?
Medium102A pod is unable to resolve the DNS name of a Service in the same namespace. The pod's /etc/resolv.conf shows 'nameserver 10.96.0.10'. What is the most likely cause?
Medium103Which THREE of the following are valid Ingress pathTypes in Kubernetes networking.k8s.io/v1?
Medium104Which Service type is used to expose a Service on a static port on each node in the cluster?
Easy105You want to expose a Deployment 'app' externally on port 30080 on each node. What service type should you use?
Medium106What is the purpose of the `IngressClass` resource in Kubernetes?
Medium107A headless service is created with 'clusterIP: None'. What is the primary use case for such a service?
Medium108Which Service type exposes a Service externally via each Node's IP on a static port?
Easy109You create a Service with the following manifest. What is the effect? service.yaml: apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: ext-svc spec: type: ExternalName externalName: db.example.com
Medium110You create a headless service with 'clusterIP: None' for a StatefulSet. How does a client discover the individual pod IPs?
Hard111Which THREE of the following are true about NetworkPolicy? (Select 3)
Hard112Which TWO of the following are valid ways to expose a Deployment named 'web' as a Service?
Medium113You have a Service named 'app-service' in namespace 'default'. You want a pod in namespace 'monitoring' to resolve the service DNS name. What is the correct fully qualified domain name (FQDN)?
Hard114Which TWO Service types allow external access to pods from outside the Kubernetes cluster? (Select 2)
Easy115An Ingress resource uses the annotation 'kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx'. However, traffic is not being routed. The cluster has multiple ingress controllers. What is the most likely cause?
Hard116You have an Ingress with TLS configured. The Ingress controller returns a certificate error when accessing via HTTPS. The secret 'my-tls' exists in the same namespace. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
Hard117Which TWO are valid ways to create a Service from a deployment named 'frontend'? (Choose two.)
Hard118Refer to the exhibit. A user has created the Service shown. The application pods listen on port 8080. Which port should an external client use to access the application from outside the cluster?
Easy119A pod in namespace 'app' needs to resolve the DNS name 'db-service.data.svc.cluster.local'. What is the likely namespace of the 'db-service' Service?
Hard120A Pod named `my-pod` in namespace `ns1` tries to resolve `svc-a.ns2.svc.cluster.local`. The DNS query fails. The Service `svc-a` exists in namespace `ns2`. What is the most likely cause?
Hard121Which TWO statements about Kubernetes Services are correct?
Medium122What is the correct command to forward a local port to a pod for debugging?
Easy123What is the primary purpose of a headless Service (clusterIP: None) in Kubernetes?
Medium124Which of the following is true about Istio as a service mesh?
Medium125A developer needs to expose a deployment named 'web-app' running in the 'default' namespace on port 8080 internally within the cluster. Which kubectl command creates a ClusterIP service that selects pods with label 'app: web'?
Medium126An administrator wants to allow ingress traffic to pods with label 'app: database' only from pods with label 'app: api' in the same namespace. Which NetworkPolicy rule is correct?
Medium127An admin applies the following NetworkPolicy: apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: NetworkPolicy metadata: name: deny-all spec: podSelector: {} policyTypes: - Ingress - Egress What effect does this policy have?
Medium128Which TWO statements about NetworkPolicy are correct? (Choose two.)
Medium129An Ingress resource has the following annotation: 'kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx'. What is the purpose of this annotation?
Hard130An Ingress is configured for host-based routing with two hosts: 'app1.example.com' and 'app2.example.com'. A request to 'app1.example.com' should go to service 'svc1'. Which field in the Ingress spec specifies the host?
Medium131A developer runs 'kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --port=80' and then creates a Service with the following YAML: apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: nginx-svc spec: selector: app: nginx ports: - protocol: TCP port: 80 targetPort: 80 However, the Service has no endpoints. What is the most likely cause?
Medium132You have a Service that exposes a Deployment. Some pods are not receiving traffic. 'kubectl get endpoints my-service' shows only 2 out of 3 pod IPs. What is the most likely cause?
Hard133Which Service type is used to expose a service externally on a static port on each worker node?
Easy134You need to debug a Service that is not routing traffic to its endpoints. Which command shows the current endpoints of a Service?
Medium135You need to access a database pod 'db-pod' on port 5432 from your local machine. Which command forwards local port 15432 to the pod's port 5432?
Medium136You have a headless Service for a StatefulSet. What is the DNS resolution behavior for the StatefulSet pods?
Medium137Which TWO of the following are valid ways to expose a Service externally in a Kubernetes cluster?
Medium138You want to restrict ingress traffic to pods with label 'app: web' in namespace 'frontend' to only come from pods in namespace 'backend'. Which NetworkPolicy YAML is correct?
Hard139A pod in namespace 'default' cannot resolve the service name 'db' in namespace 'data'. Which DNS name should the pod use to reach the service?
Medium140You apply the following Ingress manifest: ``` apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: my-ingress spec: ingressClassName: nginx rules: - host: app.example.com http: paths: - pathType: Prefix path: / backend: service: name: app-svc port: number: 80 ``` What is missing to enable TLS termination for this Ingress?
Medium141Which of the following is true about headless services?
Easy142Which of the following commands creates a LoadBalancer Service named `web-svc` for a Deployment named `web` on port 80?
Easy143A Service of type LoadBalancer is created but the external IP remains <pending>. What is the most likely reason?
Hard144You have a Deployment named 'web-app' with 3 replicas. You want to expose the pods on port 80 internally within the cluster using a ClusterIP service. Which kubectl command should you use?
Medium145Which command creates a Service named 'my-svc' that exposes a deployment named 'my-deploy' on port 80?
Easy146Which TWO statements about Kubernetes Services are correct? (Choose two.)
Medium147Which of the following commands creates a ClusterIP service named 'my-service' that exposes port 80 on the pod with label 'app=web'?
Easy148Which of the following Ingress controllers is commonly used in Kubernetes?
Easy149A NetworkPolicy with the following spec is applied to a namespace. What is the effect? spec: podSelector: {} policyTypes: - Ingress - Egress ingress: - from: - ipBlock: cidr: 10.0.0.0/8 except: - 10.0.1.0/24 egress: - to: - ipBlock: cidr: 0.0.0.0/0
Hard150You need to forward a local port to port 8080 on a pod named 'my-pod' in the 'default' namespace. Which kubectl command should you use?
Easy151You want to expose a Deployment named 'nginx' on port 80 using a LoadBalancer service. Which YAML snippet is correct?
Easy152Which of the following Service types exposes a pod on a static port on each node's IP address?
Easy153A user runs 'kubectl get endpoints my-service' and sees no endpoints listed. The service has a selector 'app: my-app'. Pods with that label exist and are running. What is the most likely cause?
Medium154You have a Deployment with 3 replicas. You create a Service with 'clusterIP: None'. What is the effect on pod DNS?
Medium155Which THREE of the following are valid fields in a NetworkPolicy spec?
Hard156Which command forwards local port 8080 to port 80 of a pod named 'web-pod'?
Medium157An Ingress resource uses host-based routing. Which field in the Ingress YAML specifies the host header to match?
Hard158Which kubectl command forwards local port 8080 to port 80 of a pod named 'web-pod'?
Easy159You need to allow ingress traffic to pods with label 'app: web' from pods with label 'role: frontend' in the same namespace, and also from any pod in namespace 'monitoring'. Which NetworkPolicy egress/ingress rule correctly implements this?
Hard160An Ingress resource has the following spec. What is the effect? spec: tls: - hosts: - myapp.example.com secretName: myapp-tls rules: - host: myapp.example.com http: paths: - path: / pathType: Prefix backend: service: name: myapp port: number: 80
Hard161You need to create a NetworkPolicy that denies all ingress traffic to pods with label 'app: db' in namespace 'prod'. Which YAML snippet correctly implements this?
Medium162A NetworkPolicy is applied to a namespace with the following rules: ``` apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: NetworkPolicy metadata: name: deny-all spec: podSelector: {} policyTypes: - Ingress ``` What is the effect on pods in that namespace?
Hard163Which TWO statements about Kubernetes DNS are correct?
Hard164An Ingress resource is defined as: apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: test-ingress spec: rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /api pathType: Prefix backend: service: name: api-service port: number: 80 tls: - hosts: - example.com secretName: tls-secret What must exist in the cluster for TLS termination to work?
Hard165An ingress resource is created with the following spec. Which request will be routed to the 'green' service? ```yaml spec: rules: - host: example.com http: paths: - path: /api pathType: Prefix backend: service: name: blue port: number: 80 - path: /api/v1 pathType: Exact backend: service: name: green port: number: 80 ```
Hard166Which TWO statements about Services are true? (Choose two.)
Medium167A Service of type NodePort is created with 'spec.ports[0].nodePort: 30080'. The cluster nodes have IPs 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2. Which command can be used to test connectivity to the Service from outside the cluster?
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