Chapter 9. EndpointSlice [discovery.k8s.io/v1]


Description
EndpointSlice represents a subset of the endpoints that implement a service. For a given service there may be multiple EndpointSlice objects, selected by labels, which must be joined to produce the full set of endpoints.
Type
object
Required
  • addressType
  • endpoints

9.1. Specification

PropertyTypeDescription

addressType

string

addressType specifies the type of address carried by this EndpointSlice. All addresses in this slice must be the same type. This field is immutable after creation. The following address types are currently supported: * IPv4: Represents an IPv4 Address. * IPv6: Represents an IPv6 Address. * FQDN: Represents a Fully Qualified Domain Name.

Possible enum values: - "FQDN" represents a FQDN. - "IPv4" represents an IPv4 Address. - "IPv6" represents an IPv6 Address.

apiVersion

string

APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources

endpoints

array

endpoints is a list of unique endpoints in this slice. Each slice may include a maximum of 1000 endpoints.

endpoints[]

object

Endpoint represents a single logical "backend" implementing a service.

kind

string

Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds

metadata

ObjectMeta

Standard object’s metadata.

ports

array

ports specifies the list of network ports exposed by each endpoint in this slice. Each port must have a unique name. When ports is empty, it indicates that there are no defined ports. When a port is defined with a nil port value, it indicates "all ports". Each slice may include a maximum of 100 ports.

ports[]

object

EndpointPort represents a Port used by an EndpointSlice

9.1.1. .endpoints

Description
endpoints is a list of unique endpoints in this slice. Each slice may include a maximum of 1000 endpoints.
Type
array

9.1.2. .endpoints[]

Description
Endpoint represents a single logical "backend" implementing a service.
Type
object
Required
  • addresses
PropertyTypeDescription

addresses

array (string)

addresses of this endpoint. The contents of this field are interpreted according to the corresponding EndpointSlice addressType field. Consumers must handle different types of addresses in the context of their own capabilities. This must contain at least one address but no more than 100. These are all assumed to be fungible and clients may choose to only use the first element. Refer to: https://issue.k8s.io/106267

conditions

object

EndpointConditions represents the current condition of an endpoint.

deprecatedTopology

object (string)

deprecatedTopology contains topology information part of the v1beta1 API. This field is deprecated, and will be removed when the v1beta1 API is removed (no sooner than kubernetes v1.24). While this field can hold values, it is not writable through the v1 API, and any attempts to write to it will be silently ignored. Topology information can be found in the zone and nodeName fields instead.

hints

object

EndpointHints provides hints describing how an endpoint should be consumed.

hostname

string

hostname of this endpoint. This field may be used by consumers of endpoints to distinguish endpoints from each other (e.g. in DNS names). Multiple endpoints which use the same hostname should be considered fungible (e.g. multiple A values in DNS). Must be lowercase and pass DNS Label (RFC 1123) validation.

nodeName

string

nodeName represents the name of the Node hosting this endpoint. This can be used to determine endpoints local to a Node.

targetRef

ObjectReference

targetRef is a reference to a Kubernetes object that represents this endpoint.

zone

string

zone is the name of the Zone this endpoint exists in.

9.1.3. .endpoints[].conditions

Description
EndpointConditions represents the current condition of an endpoint.
Type
object
PropertyTypeDescription

ready

boolean

ready indicates that this endpoint is prepared to receive traffic, according to whatever system is managing the endpoint. A nil value indicates an unknown state. In most cases consumers should interpret this unknown state as ready. For compatibility reasons, ready should never be "true" for terminating endpoints, except when the normal readiness behavior is being explicitly overridden, for example when the associated Service has set the publishNotReadyAddresses flag.

serving

boolean

serving is identical to ready except that it is set regardless of the terminating state of endpoints. This condition should be set to true for a ready endpoint that is terminating. If nil, consumers should defer to the ready condition.

terminating

boolean

terminating indicates that this endpoint is terminating. A nil value indicates an unknown state. Consumers should interpret this unknown state to mean that the endpoint is not terminating.

9.1.4. .endpoints[].hints

Description
EndpointHints provides hints describing how an endpoint should be consumed.
Type
object
PropertyTypeDescription

forZones

array

forZones indicates the zone(s) this endpoint should be consumed by to enable topology aware routing.

forZones[]

object

ForZone provides information about which zones should consume this endpoint.

9.1.5. .endpoints[].hints.forZones

Description
forZones indicates the zone(s) this endpoint should be consumed by to enable topology aware routing.
Type
array

9.1.6. .endpoints[].hints.forZones[]

Description
ForZone provides information about which zones should consume this endpoint.
Type
object
Required
  • name
PropertyTypeDescription

name

string

name represents the name of the zone.

9.1.7. .ports

Description
ports specifies the list of network ports exposed by each endpoint in this slice. Each port must have a unique name. When ports is empty, it indicates that there are no defined ports. When a port is defined with a nil port value, it indicates "all ports". Each slice may include a maximum of 100 ports.
Type
array

9.1.8. .ports[]

Description
EndpointPort represents a Port used by an EndpointSlice
Type
object
PropertyTypeDescription

appProtocol

string

The application protocol for this port. This is used as a hint for implementations to offer richer behavior for protocols that they understand. This field follows standard Kubernetes label syntax. Valid values are either:

* Un-prefixed protocol names - reserved for IANA standard service names (as per RFC-6335 and https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names).

* Kubernetes-defined prefixed names: * 'kubernetes.io/h2c' - HTTP/2 over cleartext as described in https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7540 * 'kubernetes.io/ws' - WebSocket over cleartext as described in https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455 * 'kubernetes.io/wss' - WebSocket over TLS as described in https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455

* Other protocols should use implementation-defined prefixed names such as mycompany.com/my-custom-protocol.

name

string

name represents the name of this port. All ports in an EndpointSlice must have a unique name. If the EndpointSlice is dervied from a Kubernetes service, this corresponds to the Service.ports[].name. Name must either be an empty string or pass DNS_LABEL validation: * must be no more than 63 characters long. * must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters or '-'. * must start and end with an alphanumeric character. Default is empty string.

port

integer

port represents the port number of the endpoint. If this is not specified, ports are not restricted and must be interpreted in the context of the specific consumer.

protocol

string

protocol represents the IP protocol for this port. Must be UDP, TCP, or SCTP. Default is TCP.

Possible enum values: - "SCTP" is the SCTP protocol. - "TCP" is the TCP protocol. - "UDP" is the UDP protocol.

9.2. API endpoints

The following API endpoints are available:

  • /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/endpointslices

    • GET: list or watch objects of kind EndpointSlice
  • /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/watch/endpointslices

    • GET: watch individual changes to a list of EndpointSlice. deprecated: use the 'watch' parameter with a list operation instead.
  • /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices

    • DELETE: delete collection of EndpointSlice
    • GET: list or watch objects of kind EndpointSlice
    • POST: create an EndpointSlice
  • /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/watch/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices

    • GET: watch individual changes to a list of EndpointSlice. deprecated: use the 'watch' parameter with a list operation instead.
  • /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices/{name}

    • DELETE: delete an EndpointSlice
    • GET: read the specified EndpointSlice
    • PATCH: partially update the specified EndpointSlice
    • PUT: replace the specified EndpointSlice
  • /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/watch/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices/{name}

    • GET: watch changes to an object of kind EndpointSlice. deprecated: use the 'watch' parameter with a list operation instead, filtered to a single item with the 'fieldSelector' parameter.

9.2.1. /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/endpointslices

HTTP method
GET
Description
list or watch objects of kind EndpointSlice
Table 9.1. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

EndpointSliceList schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

9.2.2. /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/watch/endpointslices

HTTP method
GET
Description
watch individual changes to a list of EndpointSlice. deprecated: use the 'watch' parameter with a list operation instead.
Table 9.2. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

WatchEvent schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

9.2.3. /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices

HTTP method
DELETE
Description
delete collection of EndpointSlice
Table 9.3. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

Table 9.4. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

Status schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
GET
Description
list or watch objects of kind EndpointSlice
Table 9.5. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

EndpointSliceList schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
POST
Description
create an EndpointSlice
Table 9.6. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

fieldValidation

string

fieldValidation instructs the server on how to handle objects in the request (POST/PUT/PATCH) containing unknown or duplicate fields. Valid values are: - Ignore: This will ignore any unknown fields that are silently dropped from the object, and will ignore all but the last duplicate field that the decoder encounters. This is the default behavior prior to v1.23. - Warn: This will send a warning via the standard warning response header for each unknown field that is dropped from the object, and for each duplicate field that is encountered. The request will still succeed if there are no other errors, and will only persist the last of any duplicate fields. This is the default in v1.23+ - Strict: This will fail the request with a BadRequest error if any unknown fields would be dropped from the object, or if any duplicate fields are present. The error returned from the server will contain all unknown and duplicate fields encountered.

Table 9.7. Body parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

body

EndpointSlice schema

 
Table 9.8. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

EndpointSlice schema

201 - Created

EndpointSlice schema

202 - Accepted

EndpointSlice schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

9.2.4. /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/watch/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices

HTTP method
GET
Description
watch individual changes to a list of EndpointSlice. deprecated: use the 'watch' parameter with a list operation instead.
Table 9.9. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

WatchEvent schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

9.2.5. /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices/{name}

Table 9.10. Global path parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

name

string

name of the EndpointSlice

HTTP method
DELETE
Description
delete an EndpointSlice
Table 9.11. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

Table 9.12. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

Status schema

202 - Accepted

Status schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
GET
Description
read the specified EndpointSlice
Table 9.13. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

EndpointSlice schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
PATCH
Description
partially update the specified EndpointSlice
Table 9.14. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

fieldValidation

string

fieldValidation instructs the server on how to handle objects in the request (POST/PUT/PATCH) containing unknown or duplicate fields. Valid values are: - Ignore: This will ignore any unknown fields that are silently dropped from the object, and will ignore all but the last duplicate field that the decoder encounters. This is the default behavior prior to v1.23. - Warn: This will send a warning via the standard warning response header for each unknown field that is dropped from the object, and for each duplicate field that is encountered. The request will still succeed if there are no other errors, and will only persist the last of any duplicate fields. This is the default in v1.23+ - Strict: This will fail the request with a BadRequest error if any unknown fields would be dropped from the object, or if any duplicate fields are present. The error returned from the server will contain all unknown and duplicate fields encountered.

Table 9.15. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

EndpointSlice schema

201 - Created

EndpointSlice schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
PUT
Description
replace the specified EndpointSlice
Table 9.16. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

fieldValidation

string

fieldValidation instructs the server on how to handle objects in the request (POST/PUT/PATCH) containing unknown or duplicate fields. Valid values are: - Ignore: This will ignore any unknown fields that are silently dropped from the object, and will ignore all but the last duplicate field that the decoder encounters. This is the default behavior prior to v1.23. - Warn: This will send a warning via the standard warning response header for each unknown field that is dropped from the object, and for each duplicate field that is encountered. The request will still succeed if there are no other errors, and will only persist the last of any duplicate fields. This is the default in v1.23+ - Strict: This will fail the request with a BadRequest error if any unknown fields would be dropped from the object, or if any duplicate fields are present. The error returned from the server will contain all unknown and duplicate fields encountered.

Table 9.17. Body parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

body

EndpointSlice schema

 
Table 9.18. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

EndpointSlice schema

201 - Created

EndpointSlice schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

9.2.6. /apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/watch/namespaces/{namespace}/endpointslices/{name}

Table 9.19. Global path parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

name

string

name of the EndpointSlice

HTTP method
GET
Description
watch changes to an object of kind EndpointSlice. deprecated: use the 'watch' parameter with a list operation instead, filtered to a single item with the 'fieldSelector' parameter.
Table 9.20. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

WatchEvent schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

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