Consegui resolver esse problema fazendo algumas alterações no arquivo deployment.yaml, segue:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: esp-airportnames
spec:
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 8081
protocol: TCP
name: http
selector:
app: esp-airportnames
type: LoadBalancer
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: esp-airportnames
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: esp-airportnames
replicas: 1
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: esp-airportnames
spec:
containers:
# [START esp]
- name: esp
image: gcr.io/endpoints-release/endpoints-runtime:1
args: [
"--http_port=8081",
"--backend=127.0.0.1:8080",
"--service=<SEU_ENDPOINT>",
"--rollout_strategy=managed",
]
# [END esp]
ports:
- containerPort: 8081
- name: airportnames
image: registry.hub.docker.com/rmerces/airportnames
ports:
- containerPort: 8080