Services

In Kubernetes, a Service is an object that is used to expose an application (running in pods) to a network.

The Services page lists the services within your cluster, and provides detail on each service. To view the list of services, expand Networking and select Services from the left hand menu.

The display of system services can be toggled under the table settings. Click the three dots at the top right of the table and tick Show system resources.

For each service, the list displays the service name, the application and namespace it belongs to, the service type, the exposed ports and target ports, the cluster IP, external host and external IP (if applicable), and the creation date and user, where available. Services provisioned outside of Portainer are marked with the external label, and system services are marked with the system label.

To remove a service, tick the checkbox next to the service you want to remove and click Remove in the top-right corner.

Click the service name to open the service details page, where you can view the service details and edit the YAML.

To edit the service YAML, select the YAML tab and make your changes directly in the editor. Then select Apply changes in the bottom-right corner to patch the modified resources through the Kubernetes API. Any removed resources or unexpected changes to resources are ignored. Resources in namespaces marked as system cannot be edited.

To view service details, select the Describe tab.