Services and Deployments in Docker Kubernetes Service

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Services and Deployments in Docker Kubernetes Service

Services and Deployments, when used together, are a great way to build and manage applications in Kubernetes. In this lab, you will have the opportunity to build an application around deployments and services in a Docker Kubernetes Service cluster. This will provide hands-on experience in architecting robust Kubernetes applications.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 19, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Create a Deployment to Manage the Application

Create a deployment that spins up 3 replica pods running the nginx:1.19.1 image. The pods will need to publish a containerPort of 80 to expose Nginx externally.
Challenge

Create a service to expose the application externally.

Create a service that will expose the deployment's pods as an external service accessible by applications outside the cluster. The service should map to a targetPort of 80. Use a nodePort of 32768 to expose the service externally.

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