How to set up the kubernetes dashboard in your cluster

instructions.md

Based on https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard.

1. install the dashboard in your cluster:

   kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/v2.0.3/aio/deploy/recommended.yaml
   

2. run a proxy:

   kubectl proxy
   

3. Go to http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/kubernetes-dashboard/services/https:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy/, where it will ask you for a token. You won't be able to get in yet.

4. Following these instructions, create a service account and a cluster role binding:

   cat << EOF > dashboard-service-account.yaml
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ServiceAccount
   metadata:
     name: admin-user
     namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
   EOF
   
   kubectl apply -f dashboard-service-account.yaml
   

   cat << EOF > dashboard-cluster-role-binding.yaml
   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
   EOF
   
   kubectl apply -f dashboard-cluster-role-binding.yaml
   

5. Copy the token from the following command, and paste it into your browser:

   kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard describe secret $(kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard get secret | grep admin-user | awk '{print $1}')
   

6. Now you should be up and running, remember to turn on 'all namespaces' if you're not seeing anything!