At this point you have already followed my guide to install k8s on VMware Photon
Login to your k8s-server
Now, install the dashboard using a modified yaml file I created for you
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vmtocloud/k8s-dashboard/main/kubernetes-dashboard-deployment.yml
Now let’s add an admin user with the following command
Now let’s add that admin user to a role so they can access the dashboard
Now let’s see what node port the dashboard is located at
kubectl get service -n kubernetes-dashboard
Now open a browser to https://yourk8s-server:nodeport
For example, mine is https://192.168.86.46:30268
NOTE: Your browser settings may not allow you to access the site because it uses a self signed certificate. I used Chrome and when I got the warning screen I just typed thisisunsafe and press enter and it opened.
We need a token to access the Dashboard, let’s go back to the command line and run the following
SA_NAME="k8s-admin"
Now let’s print out the token with the following command and copy it to the clipboard
kubectl -n kube-system describe secret $(kubectl -n kube-system get secret | grep ${SA_NAME} | awk '{print $1}')
Now go back to the web browser and paste the token you just copied and click sign-in
Now you can manage your Kubernetes install from the Dashboard
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Your tutorials are killer! I was able to spin up a 2 node cluster, deploy the folding at home container and the dashboard in about 45 minutes, with zero knowledge of kubernetes and trying to learn along the way. This was a great help!
Oh man, thank you for the kind words, you made my day and happy it was useful!