# Use Port Forwarding to Access Applications in a Cluster — Creating MongoDB deployment and service

> Create a Deployment that runs MongoDB Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/application/mongodb/mongo-deployment.yaml ``` The output of a successful command verifies that the deployment was created Bounded code example (

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Create a Deployment that runs MongoDB

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

The output of a successful command verifies that the deployment was created

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   deployment.apps/mongo created
```

View the pod status to check that it is ready

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

The output displays the pod created

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   NAME                     READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   mongo-75f59d57f4-4nd6q   1/1     Running   0          2m4s
```

View the Deployment's status

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

The output displays that the Deployment was created

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   NAME    READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
   mongo   1/1     1            1           2m21s
```

The Deployment automatically manages a ReplicaSet. View the ReplicaSet status using

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

The output displays that the ReplicaSet was created

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   NAME               DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   AGE
   mongo-75f59d57f4   1         1         1       3m12s
```

Create a Service to expose MongoDB on the network

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

The output of a successful command verifies that the Service was created

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   service/mongo created
```

Check the Service created

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

The output displays the service created

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
   NAME    TYPE        CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)     AGE
   mongo   ClusterIP   10.96.41.183   &lt;none&gt;        27017/TCP   11s
``` …

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