<p>I´m getting the error</p>
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<p>got &quot;map&quot;, expected &quot;string&quot;,</p>
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<p>when I try to apply a service.yaml via..</p>
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<p>kubectl apply -f service.yaml</p>
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<p>Here is my service.yaml</p>
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<pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code>apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: gettime
  labels:
    app: jexxa
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: jexxa
    type: LoadBalancer
    ports:
    - port: 7000
      targetPort: 7000</code></pre>
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<p>and here the whole error message :</p>
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<p>error: error validating &quot;service.yaml&quot;: error validating data: &gt;io.k8s.api.core.v1.ServiceSpec.selector: got &quot;map&quot;, expected &quot;string&quot;, &gt;ValidationError(Service.spec.selector.ports): invalid type for &gt;io.k8s.api.core.v1.ServiceSpec.selector: got &quot;array&quot;, expected &quot;string&quot;]; if you choose to ignore &gt;these errors, turn validation off with --validate=false</p>
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<p>I also tried it with <code>--validate=false</code> but it didnt work..</p>

<p>Below should work. Removed <code>matchLabels</code></p>
<pre><code>apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: gettime
  labels:
    app: jexxa
spec:
  selector:
    app: jexxa
  type: LoadBalancer
  ports:
    - port: 7000
      targetPort: 7000
</code></pre>
