Kubernetes load balancing rabbitmq on digital ocean - kubernetes

Question

I need to be able to expose my rabbitmq instance periodically to the outside world.
It's running on DigitalOcean in a kuberentes 1.16 cluster with a bunch of other services. One of the services is a web server. The load balancer on that works just fine. When I try and use the same config (with different ports obviously) for my rabbitmq, I can't get it to work.
The other services within the cluster can talk to the rabbitmq just fine. I can too, if I kubectl port-forward service/rabbitmq 5672 15672 15671 and access it locally.
If I try and access it on its public IP, the connection gets dropped instantly.
$ telnet 64.225.xx.xx 15672
Trying 64.225.xx.xx...
Connected to 64.225.xx.xx.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
The config in its entirety:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: rabbitmq
labels:
db: rabbitmq
spec:
ports:
- port: 15671
targetPort: 15671
name: '15671'
- port: 15672
targetPort: 15672
name: http
protocol: TCP
- port: 5672
targetPort: 5672
name: '5672'
selector:
db: rabbitmq
type: LoadBalancer
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: rabbitmq-deployment
labels:
db: rabbitmq
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
db: rabbitmq
replicas: 1
template:
metadata:
labels:
db: rabbitmq
spec:
containers:
- name: rabbitmq
image: rabbitmq:3-management
ports:
- containerPort: 15671
- containerPort: 15672
- containerPort: 5672
env:
- name: GET_HOSTS_FROM
value: dns
- name: RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER
value: "***"
- name: RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS
value: "***"
- name: RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_VHOST
value: "/"

Answer 1

So for whatever reason (am I labeling these wrong) I had success making the external config be its own service. In other words, this setup works:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: rabbitmq
labels:
db: rabbitmq-svc
spec:
ports:
- port: 15671
targetPort: 15671
name: '15671'
- port: 15672
targetPort: 15672
name: '15672'
protocol: TCP
- port: 5672
targetPort: 5672
name: '5672'
selector:
db: rabbitmq
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: rabbitmq-external
labels:
svc: rabbitmq-external
spec:
ports:
- port: 15672
targetPort: 15672
name: 'http'
protocol: TCP
- port: 5672
targetPort: 5672
name: '5672'
protocol: TCP
selector:
db: rabbitmq
type: LoadBalancer
---
...
Not sure why though.