Kubernetes Dashboard

Introduction

Kubernetes Dashboard is a general purpose, web-based UI for Kubernetes clusters. It allows users to manage applications running in the cluster and troubleshoot them, as well as manage the cluster itself.

As of version 7.0.0, we have dropped support for Manifest-based installation. Only Helm-based installation is supported now. Due to multi-container setup and hard dependency on Kong gateway API proxy it would not be feasible to easily support Manifest-based installation.

Additionally, we have changed the versioning scheme and dropped appVersion from Helm chart. It is because, with a multi-container setup, every module is now versioned separately. Helm chart version can be considered an app version now.

Dashboard UI workloads page

Installation

Kubernetes Dashboard supports only Helm-based installation currently as it is faster and gives us better control over all dependencies required by Dashboard to run. We now use a single-container, DBless Kong installation as a gateway that connects all our containers and exposes the UI. Users can then use any ingress controller or proxy in front of kong gateway. To find out more about ways to customize your installation check out helm chart values.

In order to install Kubernetes Dashboard simply run:

# Add kubernetes-dashboard repository
helm repo add kubernetes-dashboard https://kubernetes.github.io/dashboard/
# Deploy a Helm Release named "kubernetes-dashboard" using the kubernetes-dashboard chart
helm upgrade --install kubernetes-dashboard kubernetes-dashboard/kubernetes-dashboard --create-namespace --namespace kubernetes-dashboard

For more information about our Helm chart visit ArtifactHub.

Documentation

Dashboard documentation can be found in the docs directory which contains:

Common: Entry-level overview.
User Guide: Helpful information for users.
How to access Dashboard - Everything you need to know to get access to you Kubernetes Dashboard instance after installation.
Access Control: Find out how to control access to your Kubernetes Dashboard and create sample user that can be used to log in.
Developer Guide: Important information for contributors that would like to test, run and work on Dashboard locally.