---
title: Service
id: service
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/concepts/services-networking/service/
short_description: >
  An API object that describes how to access applications, such as a set of Pods, and can describe ports and load-balancers.

aka: 
tags:
- fundamental
- core-object
---
 An API object that describes how to access applications, such as a set of {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}}, and can describe ports and load-balancers.

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The access point can be internal or external to the cluster.