Read only user for Kubernetes Dashboard

Readonly user for Kubernetes Dashboard.md

The view ClusterRole doesn’t actually have permissions for the Cluster level objects like Nodes and Persistent Volume Claims. So we’ll have to create a new RBAC config.

First, we’ll create a new dashboard-viewonly ClusterRole:

---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
  name: dashboard-viewonly
rules:
- apiGroups:
  - ""
  resources:
  - configmaps
  - endpoints
  - persistentvolumeclaims
  - pods
  - replicationcontrollers
  - replicationcontrollers/scale
  - serviceaccounts
  - services
  - nodes
  - persistentvolumeclaims
  - persistentvolumes
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - ""
  resources:
  - bindings
  - events
  - limitranges
  - namespaces/status
  - pods/log
  - pods/status
  - replicationcontrollers/status
  - resourcequotas
  - resourcequotas/status
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - ""
  resources:
  - namespaces
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - apps
  resources:
  - daemonsets
  - deployments
  - deployments/scale
  - replicasets
  - replicasets/scale
  - statefulsets
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - autoscaling
  resources:
  - horizontalpodautoscalers
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - batch
  resources:
  - cronjobs
  - jobs
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - extensions
  resources:
  - daemonsets
  - deployments
  - deployments/scale
  - ingresses
  - networkpolicies
  - replicasets
  - replicasets/scale
  - replicationcontrollers/scale
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - policy
  resources:
  - poddisruptionbudgets
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - networking.k8s.io
  resources:
  - networkpolicies
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - storage.k8s.io
  resources:
  - storageclasses
  - volumeattachments
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
- apiGroups:
  - rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  resources:
  - clusterrolebindings
  - clusterroles
  - roles
  - rolebindings
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: kubernetes-dashboard
  labels:
    k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: dashboard-viewonly
subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: kubernetes-dashboard
    namespace: kube-system

Now we’ve configured a readonly dashboard we can safely share with people that dont even have K8S cluster access. This RBAC config does NOT grant access to Secrets, just to be a little safe.

In the Web Browser Login view when prompted to give Token or kubeconfig then just press SKIP to view readonly dashboard.