A DevOps team is packaging a Go web server and a Fluent Bit sidecar in one Kubernetes Pod. The web server listens on TCP port 24224, and the sidecar is configured to forward logs by connecting to http://localhost:24224/. A colleague argues that a ClusterIP Service must be created so the sidecar can reach the web server. According to how Pods behave, why is the additional Service not required?
Containers in a Pod share the same network namespace, so the sidecar can connect to the web server on localhost and the exposed port without any Service.
Each container exposes its own unique Pod IP, so inter-container traffic must always pass through a Service object.
Sidecar containers communicate only through shared volumes and Unix domain sockets, so creating a Service would break their internal traffic.
A ClusterIP Service is required because containers inside a Pod have different IP addresses and cannot use localhost for communication.
Every container that runs inside the same Pod joins the Pod's single network namespace. They therefore share one IP address and one set of ports, which makes each container reachable to the others through the loopback interface (localhost). The sidecar can connect directly to the web process on localhost:24224; a Service object is only needed when traffic must cross Pod boundaries or remain stable as Pods are replaced. The other statements are incorrect because containers in the same Pod do not receive unique IPs, do not require Services for local communication, and still rely on normal networking rather than being forced to use shared volumes or sockets alone.
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