How to make use of Kubernetes port names?

Usually, you refer to a target port by its number. But you can give a specific name to each pod`s port and refer to this name in your service specification.

This will make your service clearer. Here a small example:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: named-port-pod
  labels:
    app: named-port-pod
spec:
  containers:
    - name: echoserver
      image: gcr.io/google_containers/echoserver:1.4
      ports:
      - name: pod-custom-port
        containerPort: 8080
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: named-port-svc
spec:
  ports:
    - port: 80
      targetPort: pod-custom-port
  selector:
    app: named-port-pod