within your cluster: {{ template "minio.fullname" . }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.cluster.local To access Minio from localhost, run the below commands: 1. export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l "release={{ .Release.Name }}" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}") 2. kubectl port-forward $POD_NAME 9000 --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} Read more about port forwarding here: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_port-forward/ You can now access Minio...