concept dashboard in category kubernetes

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If you prefer using graphical web user interfaces, you’ll be happy to hear that Kubernetes also comes with a nice web dashboard. Note, however, that the functionality of the dashboard may lag significantly behind kubectl, which is the primary tool for interacting with Kubernetes.

Nevertheless, the dashboard shows different resources in context and can be a good start to get a feel for what the main resource types in Kubernetes are and how they relate to each other. The dashboard also offers the possibility to modify the deployed objects and displays the equivalent kubectl command for each action - a feature most beginners will appreciate.

Figure 3.7 shows the dashboard with two workloads deployed in the cluster.

Figure 3.7 Screenshot of the Kubernetes web-based dashboard

Although you won’t use the dashboard in this book, you can always open it to quickly see a graphical view of the objects deployed in your cluster after you create them via kubectl.

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The dashboard allows you to list all the Pods, ReplicationControllers, Services, and other objects deployed in your cluster, as well as to create, modify, and delete them. Figure 2.9 shows the dashboard.

Figure 2.9. Screenshot of the Kubernetes web-based dashboard

Although you won’t use the dashboard in this book, you can open it up any time to quickly see a graphical view of what’s deployed in your cluster after you create or modify objects through kubectl.

Accessing the dashboard when using Minikube

To open the dashboard in your browser when using Minikube to run your Kubernetes cluster, run the following command:

$ minikube dashboard


!@%STYLE%@!
{"css":"{\"css\": \"font-weight: bold;\"}","target":"[[{\"line\":0,\"ch\":0},{\"line\":0,\"ch\":20}]]"}
!@%STYLE%@!

The dashboard will open in your default browser. Unlike with GKE, you won’t need to enter any credentials to access it.