How to Connect Local Services to a Remote Kubernetes Cluster for Debugging?

One possibility is to use port forwarding with kubectl. This lets you create a tunnel from a local port directly to the pod you need to connect with, allowing for seamless debugging. Just remember that depending on your service, you might need to swap some configurations.

It sounds like you might want to look into tools like Skaffold or Tilt. Both are pretty helpful for managing local development while integrating with cloud Kubernetes environments. There's also Vind, which is based on vCluster and may be useful for what you're trying to do.

I get where you're coming from, but deploying your service directly to the cloud Kubernetes cluster might also be a straightforward solution. Once deployed, you can connect just like you would with any other service in that cluster.

Have you checked out mirrord? It's designed for connecting local development environments with cloud services and could make debugging much easier for you. You can find more about it at metalbear.com/mirrord.

Check out Telepresence! It's an awesome tool for developing and debugging remotely hosted services. Although I'm not a fan of the newer versions, the original Telepresence works great for this kind of work. You can find it at telepresence.io.