title: How to pause and then resume a Kubernetes service in Google cloud?
body: <p>I have a service named Foo that is currently running. It directs traffic it receives to a running Pod as well. Since the service is of type LoadBalancer and runs in Google Cloud - it has it's own external IP.</p>
  
  <p>I'm currently doing maintenance and testing on various services and would like to temporarily STOP service Foo from working, then RESUMING it again. That is, anyone that hits the IP for service Foo would get a 404, but then later on I resume it - they would start getting answers back.</p>
  
  <p>The reason why I don't just flat out delete the service then create a new one is because I wish to maintain the original IP address for the Foo service. I have tests that directly reference that IP and do not wish to have to continuously change them. i also have a few clients in production relying on that IP so I can't risk losing it. </p>
  
  <p>Any indication then on how to temporarily STOP / RESUME a kubernetes service in Google cloud, while preserving it's IP? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>