Cannot connecto to external database from inside kubernetes pod

Question

I am trying to connect my spring-boot api inside a kubernetes pod to an external database (a separate machine but within the local network), however when running, I get SQLNonTr

Answer 1

You service is not a "headless" service. Set the IP to None:

spec:
  clusterIP: None
  ports:
   - port: 3306
     targetPort: 3306

https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#headless-services