diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4086a4bb43e..618075d1de7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 **/.settings/
 .project
 .settings/
+.factorypath
 
 # intelliJ IDEA project files
 .idea/
diff --git a/docs/setup/operation/configuration.md b/docs/setup/operation/configuration.md
index 65129fffec1..3c509b00b54 100644
--- a/docs/setup/operation/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/setup/operation/configuration.md
@@ -418,7 +418,13 @@ If both are defined, then the **environment variables** will take priority.
     <td><h6 class="properties">zeppelin.k8s.template.dir</h6></td>
     <td>k8s</td>
     <td>Kubernetes yaml spec files</td>
-  </tr>  
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><h6 class="properties">ZEPPELIN_K8S_SERVICE_NAME</h6></td>
+    <td><h6 class="properties">zeppelin.k8s.service.name</h6></td>
+    <td>zeppelin-server</td>
+    <td>Name of the Zeppelin server service resources</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 
diff --git a/k8s/interpreter/100-interpreter-spec.yaml b/k8s/interpreter/100-interpreter-spec.yaml
index c857ff2cb80..c331a9969aa 100644
--- a/k8s/interpreter/100-interpreter-spec.yaml
+++ b/k8s/interpreter/100-interpreter-spec.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec:
   containers:
   - name: {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.container.name}}
     image: {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.container.image}}
-    command: ["sh", "-c", "$(ZEPPELIN_HOME)/bin/interpreter.sh -d $(ZEPPELIN_HOME)/interpreter/{{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.group.name}} -r {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.rpc.portRange}} -c {{zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.host}} -p {{zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.portRange}} -i {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.group.id}} -l {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.localRepo}} -g {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.setting.name}}"]
+    command: ["sh", "-c", "$(ZEPPELIN_HOME)/bin/interpreter.sh -d $(ZEPPELIN_HOME)/interpreter/{{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.group.name}} -r {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.rpc.portRange}} -c {{zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.service}} -p {{zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.portRange}} -i {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.group.id}} -l {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.localRepo}} -g {{zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.setting.name}}"]
     lifecycle:
       preStop:
         exec:
diff --git a/k8s/zeppelin-server.yaml b/k8s/zeppelin-server.yaml
index 08b3c03cdd1..aefd07c0c18 100644
--- a/k8s/zeppelin-server.yaml
+++ b/k8s/zeppelin-server.yaml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ spec:
 kind: Service
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
-  name: zeppelin-server    # keep Service name the same to Pod name.
+  name: zeppelin-server
 spec:
   ports:
     - name: http
diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
index 6e667cfe696..8ce9ac377ac 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
@@ -836,6 +836,10 @@ public String getK8sTemplatesDir() {
     return getRelativeDir(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_K8S_TEMPLATE_DIR);
   }
 
+  public String getK8sServiceName() {
+    return getString(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_K8S_SERVICE_NAME);
+  }
+
   public String getDockerContainerImage() {
     return getString(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_DOCKER_CONTAINER_IMAGE);
   }
@@ -1019,6 +1023,7 @@ public enum ConfVars {
     ZEPPELIN_K8S_CONTAINER_IMAGE("zeppelin.k8s.container.image", "apache/zeppelin:" + Util.getVersion()),
     ZEPPELIN_K8S_SPARK_CONTAINER_IMAGE("zeppelin.k8s.spark.container.image", "apache/spark:latest"),
     ZEPPELIN_K8S_TEMPLATE_DIR("zeppelin.k8s.template.dir", "k8s"),
+    ZEPPELIN_K8S_SERVICE_NAME("zeppelin.k8s.service.name", "zeppelin-server"),
 
     ZEPPELIN_DOCKER_CONTAINER_IMAGE("zeppelin.docker.container.image", "apache/zeppelin:" + Util.getVersion()),
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcess.java b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcess.java
index 5f872cc4762..c167ae75372 100644
--- a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcess.java
+++ b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcess.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.exec.ExecuteWatchdog;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.zeppelin.conf.ZeppelinConfiguration;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.RemoteInterpreterProcess;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.RemoteInterpreterUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ public class K8sRemoteInterpreterProcess extends RemoteInterpreterProcess {
   private final String containerImage;
   private final Properties properties;
   private final Map<String, String> envs;
-  private final String zeppelinServiceHost;
+  private final String zeppelinService;
   private final String zeppelinServiceRpcPort;
 
   private final Gson gson = new Gson();
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ public K8sRemoteInterpreterProcess(
           String interpreterSettingName,
           Properties properties,
           Map<String, String> envs,
-          String zeppelinServiceHost,
+          String zeppelinService,
           String zeppelinServiceRpcPort,
           boolean portForward,
           String sparkImage,
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ public K8sRemoteInterpreterProcess(
     this.interpreterSettingName = interpreterSettingName;
     this.properties = properties;
     this.envs = new HashMap<>(envs);
-    this.zeppelinServiceHost = zeppelinServiceHost;
+    this.zeppelinService = zeppelinService;
     this.zeppelinServiceRpcPort = zeppelinServiceRpcPort;
     this.portForward = portForward;
     this.sparkImage = sparkImage;
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ Properties getTemplateBindings() {
     k8sProperties.put("zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.setting.name", interpreterSettingName);
     k8sProperties.put("zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.localRepo", "/tmp/local-repo");
     k8sProperties.put("zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.rpc.portRange", String.format("%d:%d", getPort(), getPort()));
-    k8sProperties.put("zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.host", zeppelinServiceHost);
+    k8sProperties.put("zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.service", zeppelinService);
     k8sProperties.put("zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.portRange", zeppelinServiceRpcPort);
     if (ownerUID() != null && ownerName() != null) {
       k8sProperties.put("zeppelin.k8s.server.uid", ownerUID());
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ Properties getTemplateBindings() {
 
       // configure interpreter property "zeppelin.spark.uiWebUrl" if not defined, to enable spark ui through reverse proxy
       String webUrl = (String) properties.get("zeppelin.spark.uiWebUrl");
-      if (webUrl == null || webUrl.trim().isEmpty()) {
+      if (StringUtils.isBlank(webUrl)) {
         webUrl = "//{{PORT}}-{{SERVICE_NAME}}.{{SERVICE_DOMAIN}}";
       }
       properties.put("zeppelin.spark.uiWebUrl",
diff --git a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncher.java b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncher.java
index 80bd4aa4274..d4b03da5570 100644
--- a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncher.java
+++ b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncher.java
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ String getHostname() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * get Zeppelin server host dns.
-   * return <hostname>.<namespace>.svc
+   * get Zeppelin service.
+   * return <service-name>.<namespace>.svc
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  private String getZeppelinServiceHost() throws IOException {
+  private String getZeppelinService() throws IOException {
     if (isRunningOnKubernetes()) {
       return String.format("%s.%s.svc",
-              getHostname(), // service name and pod name should be the same
+              zConf.getK8sServiceName(),
               getNamespace());
     } else {
       return context.getZeppelinServerHost();
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public InterpreterClient launch(InterpreterLaunchContext context) throws IOExcep
             context.getInterpreterSettingName(),
             properties,
             buildEnvFromProperties(context),
-            getZeppelinServiceHost(),
+            getZeppelinService(),
             getZeppelinServiceRpcPort(),
             zConf.getK8sPortForward(),
             zConf.getK8sSparkContainerImage(),
diff --git a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/Kubectl.java b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/Kubectl.java
index 39e7e920f27..a0ceb0a012d 100644
--- a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/Kubectl.java
+++ b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/Kubectl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ String execAndGet(String [] args) throws IOException {
 
   @VisibleForTesting
   String execAndGet(String [] args, String stdin) throws IOException {
-    InputStream ins = IOUtils.toInputStream(stdin);
+    InputStream ins = IOUtils.toInputStream(stdin, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     ByteArrayOutputStream stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     ByteArrayOutputStream stderr = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     ArrayList<String> argsToOverride = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(args));
diff --git a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java
index bc0489ead31..52c562186f3 100644
--- a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java
+++ b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sRemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public void testGetTemplateBindings() throws IOException {
         "shell",
         properties,
         envs,
-        "zeppelin.server.hostname",
+        "zeppelin.server.service",
         "12320",
         false,
         "spark-container:1.0",
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public void testGetTemplateBindings() throws IOException {
     assertEquals("shell", p.get("zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.setting.name"));
     assertEquals(true , p.containsKey("zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.localRepo"));
     assertEquals("12321:12321" , p.get("zeppelin.k8s.interpreter.rpc.portRange"));
-    assertEquals("zeppelin.server.hostname" , p.get("zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.host"));
+    assertEquals("zeppelin.server.service" , p.get("zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.service"));
     assertEquals("12320" , p.get("zeppelin.k8s.server.rpc.portRange"));
     assertEquals("v1", p.get("my.key1"));
     assertEquals("V1", envs.get("MY_ENV1"));
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public void testGetTemplateBindingsForSpark() throws IOException {
         "myspark",
         properties,
         envs,
-        "zeppelin.server.hostname",
+        "zeppelin.server.service",
         "12320",
         false,
         "spark-container:1.0",
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public void testGetTemplateBindingsForSparkWithProxyUser() throws IOException {
         "myspark",
         properties,
         envs,
-        "zeppelin.server.hostname",
+        "zeppelin.server.service",
         "12320",
         false,
         "spark-container:1.0",
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public void testGetTemplateBindingsForSparkWithProxyUserAnonymous() throws IOExc
         "myspark",
         properties,
         envs,
-        "zeppelin.server.hostname",
+        "zeppelin.server.service",
         "12320",
         false,
         "spark-container:1.0",
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public void testSparkUiWebUrlTemplate() {
         "myspark",
         properties,
         envs,
-        "zeppelin.server.hostname",
+        "zeppelin.server.service",
         "12320",
         false,
         "spark-container:1.0",
diff --git a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncherTest.java b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncherTest.java
index b25373dd5ac..c580a4357d8 100644
--- a/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncherTest.java
+++ b/zeppelin-plugins/launcher/k8s-standard/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/launcher/K8sStandardInterpreterLauncherTest.java
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ public void testK8sLauncher() throws IOException {
     Properties properties = new Properties();
     properties.setProperty("ENV_1", "VALUE_1");
     properties.setProperty("property_1", "value_1");
-    properties.setProperty("CALLBACK_HOST", "zeppelin-server.default.svc");
-    properties.setProperty("CALLBACK_PORT", "12320");
     InterpreterOption option = new InterpreterOption();
     option.setUserImpersonate(true);
     InterpreterLaunchContext context = new InterpreterLaunchContext(
@@ -88,8 +86,6 @@ public void testK8sLauncherWithSparkAndUserImpersonate() throws IOException {
     Properties properties = new Properties();
     properties.setProperty("ENV_1", "VALUE_1");
     properties.setProperty("property_1", "value_1");
-    properties.setProperty("CALLBACK_HOST", "zeppelin-server.default.svc");
-    properties.setProperty("CALLBACK_PORT", "12320");
     properties.setProperty("SERVICE_DOMAIN", "example.com");
     properties.setProperty("zeppelin.interpreter.connect.timeout", "60");
     InterpreterOption option = new InterpreterOption();
@@ -131,8 +127,6 @@ public void testK8sLauncherWithSparkAndWithoutUserImpersonate() throws IOExcepti
     Properties properties = new Properties();
     properties.setProperty("ENV_1", "VALUE_1");
     properties.setProperty("property_1", "value_1");
-    properties.setProperty("CALLBACK_HOST", "zeppelin-server.default.svc");
-    properties.setProperty("CALLBACK_PORT", "12320");
     properties.setProperty("SERVICE_DOMAIN", "example.com");
     properties.setProperty("zeppelin.interpreter.connect.timeout", "60");
     InterpreterOption option = new InterpreterOption();