Chapter 17. Exposing services on the application network using the CLI

Create a connector:

skupper connector create <name> <port> [--routing-key <name>]

For example:

skupper connector create my-server 8080 --host localhost

Check the connector status:

skupper connector status

For example:

$ skupper connector status
NAME		STATUS	ROUTING-KEY	HOST		PORT
my-server	Ok	my-server	localhost	8081

📌 NOTE By default, the routing key name is set to the name of the connector. If you want to use a custom routing key, set the --routing-key to your custom name.

Apply the configuration using:

skupper system reload

Create a listener:

skupper listener create <name> <port> [--routing-key <name>]

For example:

$ skupper listener create my-server 8080
File written to /home/user/.local/share/skupper/namespaces/default/input/resources/Listener-my-server.yaml

Apply the configuration using:

skupper system reload

Check the listener status:

skupper listener status

For example:

$ skupper listener status
NAME      STATUS  ROUTING-KEY  HOST     PORT  MATCHING-CONNECTOR  MESSAGE
backend   Ready   backend      0.0.0.0  8080  true                OK

📌 NOTE There must be a matching connector for the service to operate. By default, the routing key name is the listener name. If you want to use a custom routing key, set the --routing-key to your custom name.