geek-cookbook/manuscript/recipes/kubernetes/kubernetes-dashboard.md

Kubernetes Dashboard

Yes, Kubernetes is complicated. There are lots of moving parts, and debugging what's gone wrong and why, can be challenging.

Fortunately, to assist in day-to-day operation of our cluster, and in the occasional "how-did-that-ever-work" troubleshooting, we have available to us, the mighty Kubernetes Dashboard:

Using the dashboard, you can:

• Visual cluster load, pod distribution
• Examine Kubernetes objects, such as Deployments, Daemonsets, ConfigMaps, etc
• View logs
• Deploy new YAML manifests
• Lots more!

Ingredients

1. A Kubernetes Cluster, with
2. OIDC-enabled authentication
3. An Ingress Controller (Traefik Ingress or NGinx Ingress)
4. A DNS name for your dashboard instance (dashboard.example.com, below) pointing to your load balancer, fronting your ingress controller
5. A KeyCloak instance for authentication

Preparation

Access Kanboard

At this point, you should be able to access your instance on your chosen DNS name (i.e. https://dashboard.example.com)

Chef's Notes

1. The simplest deployment of Kanboard uses the default SQLite database backend, stored on the persistent volume. You can convert this to a "real" database running MySQL or PostgreSQL, and running an an additional database pod and service. Contact me if you'd like further details ;)