I'm trying to create redis cluster using kubernetes on centos. I have my kubernetes master running on one host and kubernetes slaves on 2 different hosts.

etcdctl get /kube-centos/network/config

{ "Network": "172.30.0.0/16", "SubnetLen": 24, "Backend": { "Type": "vxlan" } }

Here is my replication controller

apiVersion: v1
kind: ReplicationController
metadata:
  name: redis-master
  labels:
  app: redis
  role: master
  tier: backend
spec:
  replicas: 6
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: redis
        role: master
        tier: backend
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: master
        image: redis
        command: 
          - "redis-server"
        args:
          - "/redis-master/redis.conf"
        ports:
        - containerPort: 6379
        volumeMounts:
        - mountPath: /redis-master
          name: config
        - mountPath: /redis-master-data 
          name: data
        volumes:
        - name: data
          emptyDir: {}
        - name: config
          configMap:
            name: redis-config
            items:
            - key: redis-config
              path: redis.conf    

kubectl create -f rc.yaml

NAME                           READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE       IP            NODE
redis-master-149tt             1/1       Running   0          8s        172.30.96.4   centos-minion-1
redis-master-14j0k             1/1       Running   0          8s        172.30.79.3   centos-minion-2
redis-master-3wgdt             1/1       Running   0          8s        172.30.96.3   centos-minion-1
redis-master-84jtv             1/1       Running   0          8s        172.30.96.2   centos-minion-1
redis-master-fw3rs             1/1       Running   0          8s        172.30.79.4   centos-minion-2
redis-master-llg9n             1/1       Running   0          8s        172.30.79.2   centos-minion-2

Redis-config file used

appendonly yes
cluster-enabled yes
cluster-config-file /redis-master/nodes.conf
cluster-node-timeout 5000
dir /redis-master
port 6379

I used the following command to create the kubernetes service.

kubectl expose rc redis-master --name=redis-service --port=6379 --target-port=6379 --type=NodePort

Name:           redis-service
Namespace:      default
Labels:         app=redis
                role=master
                tier=backend
Selector:       app=redis,role=master,tier=backend
Type:           NodePort
IP:             10.254.229.114
Port:           <unset> 6379/TCP
NodePort:       <unset> 30894/TCP
Endpoints:      172.30.79.2:6379,172.30.79.3:6379,172.30.79.4:6379 + 3     more...
Session Affinity:   None
No events.

Now I have all the pods and service up and running. I'm using redis-trib pod to create redis cluster.

kubectl exec -it redis-trib bash

./redis-trib.rb create --replicas 1 172.30.79.2:6379 172.30.79.3:6379 172.30.79.4:6379 172.30.96.2:6379 172.30.96.3:6379 172.30.96.4:6379

Redis Cluster created as expected with the below message.

[OK] All 16384 slots covered.

Now I should be able to access my redis-cluster on kubernetes node IP(192.168.240.116) and nodePort(30894) from any host within my network. Everything works as expected when I execute the below command from one of the kubernetes node.

redis-cli -p 30894 -h 192.168.240.116 -c

192.168.240.116:30894> set foo bar
-> Redirected to slot [12182] located at 172.30.79.4:6379
OK
172.30.79.4:6379> 

When I run the same command from different (non-kubernetes) node within the same network, I see the connected timed out error.

redis-cli -c -p 30894 -h 192.168.240.116

192.168.240.116:30894> set foo bar
-> Redirected to slot [12182] located at 172.30.79.4:6379
Could not connect to Redis at 172.30.79.4:6379: Connection timed out

Is it not possible to access the redis-cluster outside the kubernetes cluster network when exposed using NodePort service type?

Also I cannot use LoadBalancer service type as I'm not hosting it on cloud.

I have been stuck with this issue for quite a while. Can someone suggest on what approach I should use to access my redis-cluster outside my network ?

Thanks