Jaeger-operator: Can't access UI after port-forward using simplest jaeger instance

[satyajituk]

I am running jaeger-operator and simple jaeger instance as per the readme file here: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator

If I do kubectl logs -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=simplest I can see that the http server is running among other things:
{"level":"info","ts":1571139333.5400417,"caller":"app/server.go:112","msg":"Starting HTTP server","port":16686}

I can see the pod running when I do kubectl get pods -n observability:
jaeger-operator-6d6cc86d89-577rr 1/1 Running 0 3h16m

Now I want to see UI which is supposed to be included in the simplest jaeger instance: https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/1.14/operator/#quick-start-deploying-the-allinone-image

I try doing this by doing a port-forward:
kubectl -n observability port-forward jaeger-operator-6d6cc86d89-577rr 16686:16686

But when I go to localhost:16686 it doesn't work.

Where am I going wrong?

[jpkrohling]

Your port-forward is trying to attach to the port 16686 of the _operator_. It should attach to the port on the _instance_. Something like:

$ kubectl -n observability port-forward service/simplest-query 16686

[satyajituk]

Thanks @jpkrohling ! This works now. I was unaware of the service simplest-query.