Reduce ambiguity on nodePort (kubernetes#18928)

* Reduce ambiguity on nodePort At first sight, nodePort looks a lot like service.Spec.NodePort, though it just means a port allocated from "--service-node-port-range". Replacing "nodePort" with "node port" to add some clarity. * Update content/en/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/create-external-load-balancer.md Co-Authored-By: Tim Bannister <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Tim Bannister <[email protected]>
kbhawkey · Feb 13, 2020 · b0aac61 · b0aac61
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@@ -127,10 +127,12 @@ IP and may cause a second hop to another node, but should have good overall
 load-spreading. Local preserves the client source IP and avoids a second hop
 for LoadBalancer and NodePort type services, but risks potentially imbalanced
 traffic spreading.
-* `service.spec.healthCheckNodePort` - specifies the health check nodePort
-(numeric port number) for the service. If not specified, `healthCheckNodePort` is
-created by the service API backend with the allocated `nodePort`. It will use the
-user-specified `nodePort` value if specified by the client. It only has an
+* `service.spec.healthCheckNodePort` - specifies the health check node port
+(numeric port number) for the service. If `healthCheckNodePort` isn't specified,
+the service controller allocates a port from your cluster's NodePort range. You
+can configure that range by setting an API server command line option,
+`--service-node-port-range`. It will use the
+user-specified `healthCheckNodePort` value if specified by the client. It only has an
 effect when `type` is set to LoadBalancer and `externalTrafficPolicy` is set
 to Local.