Deploy Dashboard

The Dashboard allows you to manage a Kubernetes cluster using a web UI.

You can now install the Kubernetes Dashboard v1.6.1 from the Kubernetes Addons.

$ kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kops/master/addons/kubernetes-dashboard/v1.6.1.yaml
$ kubectl -n kube-system get po,svc -l k8s-app=kubernetes-dashboard
NAME                                      READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
po/kubernetes-dashboard-525748159-kl453   1/1       Running   0          2m

NAME                       CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)   AGE
svc/kubernetes-dashboard   100.64.31.154   <none>        80/TCP    2m

Note The Dashboard is installed in a pod in the kube-system namespace.

Get the Master API URL and the admin users password.

$ kubectl config view --minify
apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    certificate-authority-data: REDACTED
    server: https://api-kubernauts-k8s-local-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com  <--
  name: kubernauts.k8s.local
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: kubernauts.k8s.local
    user: kubernauts.k8s.local
  name: kubernauts.k8s.local
current-context: kubernauts.k8s.local
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
- name: kubernauts.k8s.local
  user:
    client-certificate-data: REDACTED
    client-key-data: REDACTED
    password: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX  <--
    username: admin

Then access the dashboard by appending /ui/ to end of the Master server API URL. Login with the admin user.

https://api-kubernauts-k8s-local-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com/ui

Now you may ask yourself, what can I do with my Kubernetes cluster, how can I use it to deploy existing apps or build my own apps in containers and deploy them to Kubernetes?

Tip It is highly recommended to go through this great guide "Kubernetes by Example" by Michael Hausenblas and try all examples with your kops cluster (or your local minikube or minishift installation).

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