# Use a Service to Access an Application in a Cluster — Creating a service for an application running in two pods

> Here is the configuration file for the application Deployment Run a Hello World application in your cluster: Create the application Deployment using the file above Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/service/access/hel

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Here is the configuration file for the application Deployment

Run a Hello World application in your cluster: Create the application Deployment using the file above

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/service/access/hello-application.yaml
```

The preceding command creates a and an associated The ReplicaSet has two each of which runs the Hello World application.

Display information about the Deployment

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl get deployments hello-world
   kubectl describe deployments hello-world
```

Display information about your ReplicaSet objects

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl get replicasets
   kubectl describe replicasets
```

Create a Service object that exposes the deployment

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl expose deployment hello-world --type=NodePort --name=example-service
```

Display information about the Service

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl describe services example-service
```

The output is similar to this

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```none
   Name:                   example-service
   Namespace:              default
   Labels:                 run=load-balancer-example
   Annotations:            &lt;none&gt;
   Selector:               run=load-balancer-example
   Type:                   NodePort
   IP:                     10.32.0.16
   Port:                   &lt;unset&gt; 8080/TCP
   TargetPort:             8080/TCP
   NodePort:               &lt;unset&gt; 31496/TCP
   Endpoints:              10.200.1.4:8080,10.200.2.5:8080
   Session Affinity:       None
   Events:                 &lt;none&gt;
```

Make a note of the NodePort value for the Service. For example, in the preceding output, the NodePort value is 31496.

List the pods that are running the Hello World application

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
   kubectl get pods --selector="run=load-balancer-example" --output=wide
```

The output is similar to this …

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