使用kubectl proxy命令直接访问app

Question

First of all I just want to say that I just recently began working with Kubernetes and I'm sorry in advance if it is a stupid question.

So currently using Kubernetes on AWS EKS. I'm able to access my app from localhost by using the command:

kubectl proxy --port 9980

But to access my app, the url is something like:

127.0.0.1:9980/api/v1/namespaces/NAMESPACE/pods/POD/proxy/MY_API_PATH

My question is: Is there way to get rid of the /api/v1/namespaces/NAMESPACE/pods/POD/proxy and be able to access my app only with: 127.0.0.1:9980/MY_API_PATH ?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Thanks to @DavidMaze, after documenting myself on the kubectl port-forward I found what I was looking for.

Now I understand why I couldn't find a direct answer, it is obvious.

What I did is just:

kubectl port-forward pods/POD_NAME 9980:8080