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Kubernetes : Enable Dashboard2023/10/19
 

Enable Dashboard to manage Kubernetes Cluster on Web UI.

This example is based on the cluster environment like follows. 

+----------------------+   +----------------------+
|   [ mgr.srv.world ]  |   |   [ dlp.srv.world ]  |
|     Manager Node     |   |     Control Plane    |
+-----------+----------+   +-----------+----------+
        eth0|10.0.0.25             eth0|10.0.0.30
            |                          |
------------+--------------------------+-----------
            |                          |
        eth0|10.0.0.51             eth0|10.0.0.52
+-----------+----------+   +-----------+----------+
| [ node01.srv.world ] |   | [ node02.srv.world ] |
|     Worker Node#1    |   |     Worker Node#2    |
+----------------------+   +----------------------+
[1] Enable Dashboard on Manager Node.
[root@mgr ~]#
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/v2.7.0/aio/deploy/recommended.yaml 

namespace/kubernetes-dashboard created
serviceaccount/kubernetes-dashboard created
service/kubernetes-dashboard created
secret/kubernetes-dashboard-certs created
secret/kubernetes-dashboard-csrf created
secret/kubernetes-dashboard-key-holder created
configmap/kubernetes-dashboard-settings created
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kubernetes-dashboard created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kubernetes-dashboard created
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kubernetes-dashboard created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kubernetes-dashboard created
deployment.apps/kubernetes-dashboard created
service/dashboard-metrics-scraper created
deployment.apps/dashboard-metrics-scraper created
[2] Add an account for Dashboard management.
[root@mgr ~]#
kubectl create serviceaccount -n kubernetes-dashboard admin-user

serviceaccount/admin-user created
[root@mgr ~]#
vi rbac.yml
# create new

apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: admin-user
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: admin-user
  namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
[root@mgr ~]#
kubectl apply -f rbac.yml

clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/admin-user created
# get security token of the account above

[root@mgr ~]#
kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard create token admin-user 

eyJhbGciOiJSUz.....
# run kube-proxy

[root@mgr ~]#
kubectl proxy

Starting to serve on 127.0.0.1:8001
# if access from other client hosts, not from Manage node local, set port-forwarding

[root@mgr ~]#
kubectl port-forward -n kubernetes-dashboard service/kubernetes-dashboard --address 0.0.0.0 443:443

Forwarding from 0.0.0.0:443 -> 8443
[3]
If you ran [kubectl proxy], access to the URL below with an Web browser on Manager Node local.
⇒ http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/kubernetes-dashboard/services/https:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy/
If you set port-forwarding, access to the URL below on a client computer in your local network.
⇒ https://(Manager Node Hostname or IP address):(setting port)/
After displaying following form, Copy and paste the security token you got on [2] to [Enter token] section and Click [Sing In] button.
[4] After authentication successfully passed, Kubernetes Cluster Dashboard is displayed.
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