title: External ip for kubernetes shows <nodes> in minikube
body: <p>I am fairly new to Kubernetes and I have recently exposed a service using miniKube using <code>NodePort</code> type. I want to test the running of my application but I dont see any external ip but the port only. Here is the output of my:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$kubectl get service
  NAME                  CLUSTER-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)          AGE
  kubernetes            10.0.0.1     &lt;none&gt;        443/TCP          1h
  kubernetes-bootcamp   10.0.0.253   &lt;nodes&gt;       8080:31180/TCP   20m
  
  
  $kubectl describe services/kubernetes-bootcamp
  Name:           kubernetes-bootcamp
  Namespace:      default
  Labels:         run=kubernetes-bootcamp
  Annotations:        &lt;none&gt;
  Selector:       run=kubernetes-bootcamp
  Type:           NodePort
  IP:         10.0.0.253
  Port:           &lt;unset&gt; 8080/TCP
  NodePort:       &lt;unset&gt; 31180/TCP
  Endpoints:      172.17.0.2:8080
  Session Affinity:   None
  Events:         &lt;none&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What is the <code>External IP</code> in this case so that I can use <code>curl</code> to get the output of my app exposed, I followed the tutorial while working on my laptop : <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/expose-interactive/" rel="noreferrer">https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/expose-interactive/</a>.</p>
  
  <p>P.S : What does that <code>&lt;nodes&gt;</code> means in the output of the <code>get service</code> command under <code>External-IP</code>?</p>