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Reputation: 11

Cannot access to localhost

I deployed an application on Google Cloud (GKE). In order to access its UI, I did port-forwarding(port 9090). When I use Cloud Shell web preview I can access the UI. However, when I tried to open localhost:9090 in my browser, I cannot access. Do you know why I cannot access from my browser, is it normal? Thank you!

Upvotes: 0

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Answers (1)

Ismael Clemente Aguirre
Ismael Clemente Aguirre

Reputation: 729

Answered provided in the comments by a community member.

Do you know why I cannot access from my browser, is it normal?

Cloud Shell is where you're running kubectl port-forward. Port forwarding only applies to the host on which the command is run unless you have a chain of port-forwarding commands. If you want to access the UI from your local host, then you will need to run the kubectl port-forward on your local host too.

So how can I can run kubectl port-forward command on my local host for the application that I deployed cloud? Should I install Google Cloud CLI on my local machine?

I assumed (!) that you're using kubectl port-forward on Cloud Shell. If that's correct, then you need to install kubectl on your local machine to run it there. Because of the way that GKE authenticates, it may also be prudent to install gcloud on your local machine. You can then use gcloud container clusters get-credentials ... to create a local Kubernete (GKE) config file on your local machine that is then used by kubectl commands.

Upvotes: 1

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