Kubernetes : Enable Dashboard2026/05/13

Enable Dashboard to manage Kubernetes Cluster on Web UI.

In this example, a Kubernetes cluster is configured using four nodes as follows.

+----------------------+   +----------------------+
|  [ ctrl.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]	Install Helm, refer to here.
[2]	Install Headlamp Dashboard.

ubuntu@ctrl:~$

helm repo add headlamp https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/headlamp/

"headlamp" has been added to your repositories

# create a namespace for dashboard

ubuntu@ctrl:~$

kubectl create namespace dashboard

namespace/dashboard created

ubuntu@ctrl:~$

helm install headlamp headlamp/headlamp -n dashboard

NAME: headlamp
LAST DEPLOYED: Wed May 13 00:27:02 2026
NAMESPACE: kube-system
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace dashboard -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=headlamp,app.kubernetes.io/instance=headlamp" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
  export CONTAINER_PORT=$(kubectl get pod --namespace dashboard $POD_NAME -o jsonpath="{.spec.containers[0].ports[0].containerPort}")
  echo "Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 to use your application"
  kubectl --namespace dashboard port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT
2. Get the token using
  kubectl create token headlamp --namespace dashboard

ubuntu@ctrl:~$

kubectl get pods -n dashboard

NAME                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
headlamp-55f6747596-dzknq   1/1     Running   0          44s

[3]	Obtain a security token for the dashboard and configure it to allow access to the dashboard.

# get security token of the headlamp account

ubuntu@ctrl:~$

kubectl create token headlamp -n dashboard

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# set port-forwarding to access to dashboard

ubuntu@ctrl:~$

kubectl port-forward -n dashboard service/headlamp --address 0.0.0.0 8443:80

Forwarding from 0.0.0.0:8443 -> 8443

[4]	Access to the URL below on a client computer in your local network. ⇒ http://(Manager Node Hostname or IP address):(setting port)/ After displaying following form, Copy and paste the security token you got on [3] to [Enter token] section and Click [Sing In] button.

[5]	After authentication successfully passed, Kubernetes Cluster Dashboard is displayed.

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