Generate the kubeconfig file for your cluster using the Kubeconfig File button in the Cluster view of your cluster.
Save the generated file as $HOME/.kube/config and run kubectl get nodes to verify it works.
Deploy the kubernetes dashboard by using the recommended deployment definition.
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/master/src/deploy/recommended/kubernetes-dashboard.yaml
kubectl rollout status deploy/kubernetes-dashboard -n kube-system
Reference: https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/blob/master/README.md
For this guide, we are using a NodePort to access the kubernetes dashboard. By default, the Service gets created as ClusterIP.
You can change that by using the following command:
kubectl get svc/kubernetes-dashboard -n kube-system -o yaml | sed 's/ClusterIP/NodePort/g' | kubectl apply -f -
service "kubernetes-dashboard" configured
Copy the following YAML content and save it as dashboard.yml:
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: admin-user
namespace: kube-system
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: admin-user
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: admin-user
namespace: kube-system
Run the following command to create the needed resources:
kubectl create -f dashboard.yml
Retrieve the token which can be used to login:
kubectl -n kube-system describe secret $(kubectl -n kube-system get secret | grep admin-user | awk '{print $1}')
Save the string after token: so you can login into the dashboard.
Example output:
Name: admin-user-token-6gl6l
Namespace: kube-system
Labels: <none>
Annotations: kubernetes.io/service-account.name=admin-user
kubernetes.io/service-account.uid=b16afba9-dfec-11e7-bbb9-901b0e532516
Type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
Data
====
ca.crt: 1025 bytes
namespace: 11 bytes
token: eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJrdWJlcm5ldGVzL3NlcnZpY2VhY2NvdW50Iiwia3ViZXJuZXRlcy5pby9zZXJ2aWNlYWNjb3VudC9uYW1lc3BhY2UiOiJrdWJlLXN5c3RlbSIsImt1YmVybmV0ZXMuaW8vc2VydmljZWFjY291bnQvc2VjcmV0Lm5hbWUiOiJhZG1pbi11c2VyLXRva2VuLTZnbDZsIiwia3ViZXJuZXRlcy5pby9zZXJ2aWNlYWNjb3VudC9zZXJ2aWNlLWFjY291bnQubmFtZSI6ImFkbWluLXVzZXIiLCJrdWJlcm5ldGVzLmlvL3NlcnZpY2VhY2NvdW50L3NlcnZpY2UtYWNjb3VudC51aWQiOiJiMTZhZmJhOS1kZmVjLTExZTctYmJiOS05MDFiMGU1MzI1MTYiLCJzdWIiOiJzeXN0ZW06c2VydmljZWFjY291bnQ6a3ViZS1zeXN0ZW06YWRtaW4tdXNlciJ9.M70CU3lbu3PP4OjhFms8PVL5pQKj-jj4RNSLA4YmQfTXpPUuxqXjiTf094_Rzr0fgN_IVX6gC4fiNUL5ynx9KU-lkPfk0HnX8scxfJNzypL039mpGt0bbe1IXKSIRaq_9VW59Xz-yBUhycYcKPO9RM2Qa1Ax29nqNVko4vLn1_1wPqJ6XSq3GYI8anTzV8Fku4jasUwjrws6Cn6_sPEGmL54sq5R4Z5afUtv-mItTmqZZdxnkRqcJLlg2Y8WbCPogErbsaCDJoABQ7ppaqHetwfM_0yMun6ABOQbIwwl8pspJhpplKwyo700OSpvTT9zlBsu-b35lzXGBRHzv5g_RA
Reference: https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/wiki/Creating-sample-user
We need to access the IP of one of the nodes added to your cluster, on the randomly chosen NodePort we configured earlier.
Below are two command to automatically find these parameters:
NODEPORT=`kubectl get services/kubernetes-dashboard -n kube-system -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}"`
for NODE in `kubectl get no -o jsonpath='{range.items[*].status.addresses[?(@.type=="InternalIP")]}{"https://"}{.address}{"\n"}{end}'`; do echo $NODE:$NODEPORT; done
Use one of the printed URLs to visit the kubernetes dashboard in your browser.
When prompted to sign in, choose Token and use the token you saved in step 4.
kubectl proxy
Access dashboard this URL, replacing CLUSTERID with your clusterid (shown in the address bar of your browser):