Verify a Data Plane Node

You can test whether your data plane nodes are running using the following methods.

Access services using the proxy URL

By default, Kong Gateway uses port 8000 for the proxy, taking incoming traffic from consumers, and forwarding it to upstream services.

The default proxy URL is http://localhost:8000. If you configured a different host, replace localhost with your hostname. Use this URL, along with any routes you set, to access your services.

For example, to access a service with the route /mock, use http://localhost:8000/mock, or http://example-host:8000/mock.

Kubernetes

To proxy traffic through a data plane node running on Kubernetes, you’ll need its external IP address, a port, and a route.

1. To find the address and port, run:

    kubectl get service my-kong-kong-proxy -n kong
   

2. In the output, the IP in the EXTERNAL_IP column is the access point for your Konnect services:

    NAME         TYPE           CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP     PORT(S)                      AGE
    kong-proxy   LoadBalancer   10.63.254.78   35.233.198.16   80:32697/TCP,443:32365/TCP   22h
   

3. With the external IP and one of the available ports (80 or 443), and assuming that you have configured a service with a route, you can now access your service at {EXTERNAL_IP}:{PORT}/{ROUTE}.

   For example, using the values above and a sample route, you now have the following:

   • IP: 35.233.198.16
   • Port: 80
   • Route: /mock

   Putting them together, the end result looks like this: 35.233.198.16:80/mock