Service Exposure Issues Due to Incorrect Ingress Configuration

A service was not accessible externally due to incorrect ingress configuration.

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What Happened

External traffic could not access the service because the ingress controller was misconfigured.

Diagnosis Steps

1Checked the ingress controller logs and found that the ingress was incorrectly pointing to an outdated service.
2Verified the ingress configuration and discovered a typo in the service URL.

Root Cause

Misconfiguration in the ingress resource that directed traffic to the wrong service.

Fix/Workaround

• Corrected the service URL in the ingress resource.
• Redeployed the ingress configuration.

Lessons Learned

Ingress configurations need careful attention to detail, especially when specifying service URLs.

How to Avoid