minikube - EXTERNAL-IP remains

Question

My Service definition is as follows

# SOURCE: https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/tutorials/guestbook
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: frontend
  labels:
    app: guestbook
    tier: frontend
spec:
  # if your cluster supports it, uncomment the following to automatically create
  # an external load-balanced IP for the frontend service.
  # type: LoadBalancer
  type: LoadBalancer
  #type: NodePort
  ports:
    # the port that this service should serve on
  - targetPort: 80
    port: 80
  selector:
    app: guestbook
    tier: frontend

After applying it

I was expecting to get External IP as explained here but instead, it remains pending and doesn't change as shown below Can you please help me find why I'm not getting EXTERNAL-IP?

The **EXTERNAL-IP** column might show **** while the **load balancer** is being created. It can take a few minutes for the Load Balancer to be created. Can you run the **kubectl get** command now and check. — Chandra Kiran Pasumarti, Apr 03 '22 at 07:23
Services of type LoadBalancer can be exposed via the minikube tunnel command. It must be run in a separate terminal window to keep the LoadBalancer running. For more info refer to the [link](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/accessing/#using-minikube-tunnel) — Chandra Kiran Pasumarti, Apr 04 '22 at 19:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 27 '22 at 23:48

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I think, you should try minikube tunnel. After starting the minikube, you have to execute this command -

$ minikube tunnel

minikube tunnel runs as a process, creating a network route on the host to the service CIDR of the cluster using the cluster’s IP address as a gateway.

edited Oct 27 '22 at 23:48

desertnaut

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answered Oct 27 '22 at 20:24

sayak_ghosh90

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '22 at 11:48

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where are you running this minikube, if you are running it on your local, external ip will not appear, as external-ip is specific to external cloud providers.

answered Apr 17 '22 at 11:48

manoj

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minikube - EXTERNAL-IP remains

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