ivan4th had the right answer. Use the "kubectl port-forward" command. BTW, here's a k8s-hosted app I wrote using this approach: https://github.com/atgreen/red

ivan4th had the right answer. Use the "kubectl port-forward" command. BTW, here's a k8s-hosted app I wrote using this approach: https://github.com/atgreen/red-light-green-light https://github.com/atgreen/red-light-green-light