Unable to access nodeport

Question

I tried starting minikube using virtualbox, docker and hyperkit. For each case, I cannot access the nodeport.

My pods and services look good

NAME                            READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
dbpostgresql-655654d6dd-mmgxk   1/1     Running   0          40m
tern-559c74bfb7-tqs96           1/1     Running   0          27m
test-pod                        1/1     Running   0          11m

---

NAME           TYPE        CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)          AGE
dbpostgresql   ClusterIP   10.102.194.214   <none>        5432/TCP         40m
kubernetes     ClusterIP   10.96.0.1        <none>        443/TCP          44m
tern           NodePort    10.102.162.15    <none>        8080:31905/TCP   19m

my minikube ip is 192.168.59.103

but when typing http://192.168.59.103:31905/ I am having site cannot be reached

here my deployment file

    apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: tern
  name: tern
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: tern
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: tern
    spec:
      containers:
        - image: tern:6
          name: tern
          ports:
            - containerPort: 8080

here my service file

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: tern
spec:
  type: NodePort
  ports:
    - port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: tern

Answer 1

The service is wrong, selector should be the same as matchLabels, change it to this:

kind: Service
metadata:
  name: tern
spec:
  type: NodePort
  ports:
    - port: 8080
      targetPort: 8080
  selector:
    app: tern

After updating the service definition, perform a service describe to verify if the pod IP has been added to the endpoints. Next, validate from another pod whether the service is reachable. Additionally, on the same VM, check if the NodePort is accessible using either 'localhost' or the node's IP. Finally, from your localhost, add a port forward from the VM to your local machine, and then confirm if the service is accessible.