Service located in another namespace

To access services in two different namespaces you can use url like this:

HTTP://<your-service-name>.<namespace-with-that-service>.svc.cluster.local

To list out all your namespaces you can use:

kubectl get namespace

And for service in that namespace you can simply use:

kubectl get services -n <namespace-name>

this will help you.

I stumbled over the same issue and found a nice solution which does not need any static ip configuration:

You can access a service via it's DNS name (as mentioned by you): servicename.namespace.svc.cluster.local

You can use that DNS name to reference it in another namespace via a local service:

kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: service-y
  namespace: namespace-a
spec:
  type: ExternalName
  externalName: service-y.namespace-b.svc.cluster.local
  ports:
  - port: 80

It is so simple to do it.

If you want to use it as host and want to resolve it,

If you are using ambassador to any other API gateway for service located in another namespace it's always suggested to use :

            Use : <service name>
            Use : <service.name>.<namespace name>
            Not : <service.name>.<namespace name>.svc.cluster.local

for example, servicename.namespacename.svc.cluster.local

this will send request to a particular service inside the namespace you have mentioned.

service example:

kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: service
spec:
  type: ExternalName
  externalName: <servicename>.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local

Here, replace the <servicename> and <namespace> with the appropriate values.

In Kubernetes, namespaces are used to create virtual environment but all are connected with each other through specific DNS convention.