Deploying Kubernetes Dashboard in K3S Cluster

Deploy kubernetes dashboard in kss cluster.

Get the latest Kubernetes Dashboard and deploy

GITHUB_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/releases
VERSION_KUBE_DASHBOARD=$(curl -w '%{url_effective}' -I -L -s -S ${GITHUB_URL}/latest -o /dev/null | sed -e 's|.*/||')
sudo k3s kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/${VERSION_KUBE_DASHBOARD}/aio/deploy/recommended.yaml

Create service account and role

In admin-service user.yaml, enter the following values:

apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: admin-user
  namespace: kubernetes-dashboard

In admin-user-role.yaml, enter the following values:

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

Now apply changes to deploy it to K3S cluster:

sudo k3s kubectl create -f dashboard.admin-user.yml -f dashboard.admin-user-role.yml

Expose service as NodePort to access from browser

sudo k3s kubectl edit svc kubernetes-dashboard -n kubernetes-dashboard

In edit mode change type: ClusterIP to type: NodePort. And save it. Your file should look like below:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2020-10-27T14:32:58Z"
  labels:
    k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
  name: kubernetes-dashboard
  namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
  resourceVersion: "72638"
  selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/kubernetes-dashboard/services/kubernetes-dashboard
  uid: 8282464c-607f-4e40-ad5c-ee781e83d5f0
spec:
  clusterIP: 10.43.210.41
  externalTrafficPolicy: Cluster
  ports:
  - nodePort: 30353
    port: 443
    protocol: TCP
    targetPort: 8443
  selector:
    k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
  sessionAffinity: None
  type: NodePort
status:
  loadBalancer: {}

You can get the port number by executing the below command:

sudo k3s kubectl get svc kubernetes-dashboard -n kubernetes-dashboard
NAME                   TYPE       CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)         AGE
kubernetes-dashboard   NodePort   10.43.210.41   <none>        443:30353/TCP   3h39m

In my Kubernetes cluster, I received a port number 30353 as shown in the above output. In your case, it might be different. This port is exposed on each worker node and master. You can browse one of your worker node IP addresses with port at the end, and you will see a login page.

Get token of a service account

sudo k3s kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard describe secret admin-user-token

It will output a token in your console. Grab that token and insert it in to token input box.

My Dashboard link: https://192.168.1.21:30353

All done!

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