# Running Multiple Instances of Your App — Load Balancing

> Let's check that the Service is load-balancing the traffic. To find out the exposed IP and Port we can use describe service as we learned in the previous part of the tutorial Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl describe services/kubernetes-bootcamp ``

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## Knowledge

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Let's check that the Service is load-balancing the traffic. To find out the exposed IP and Port we can use describe service as we learned in the previous part of the tutorial

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

Create an environment variable called NODE_PORT that has a value as the Node port

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
export NODE_PORT="$(kubectl get services/kubernetes-bootcamp -o go-template='{{(index .spec.ports 0).nodePort}}')"
echo NODE_PORT=$NODE_PORT
```

Next, we’ll do a curl to the exposed IP address and port. Execute the command multiple times

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
curl http://"$(minikube ip):$NODE_PORT"
```

We hit a different Pod with every request. This demonstrates that the load-balancing is working.

The output should be similar to

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Hello Kubernetes bootcamp! | Running on: kubernetes-bootcamp-644c5687f4-wp67j | v=1
Hello Kubernetes bootcamp! | Running on: kubernetes-bootcamp-644c5687f4-hs9dj | v=1
Hello Kubernetes bootcamp! | Running on: kubernetes-bootcamp-644c5687f4-4hjvf | v=1
Hello Kubernetes bootcamp! | Running on: kubernetes-bootcamp-644c5687f4-wp67j | v=1
Hello Kubernetes bootcamp! | Running on: kubernetes-bootcamp-644c5687f4-4hjvf | v=1
```

If you're running minikube with Docker Desktop as the container driver, a minikube tunnel is needed. This is because containers inside Docker Desktop are isolated from your host computer.

In a separate terminal window, execute

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
minikube service kubernetes-bootcamp --url
```

The output looks like this

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
http://127.0.0.1:51082
!  Because you are using a Docker driver on darwin, the terminal needs to be open to run it.
```

Then use the given URL to access the app

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
curl 127.0.0.1:51082
```

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