Access to kubernetes dashboard using gcloud

Question

Using gcloud I have created a stand cluster.

When I run the command kubectl cluster-info I have this output:

Kubernetes master is running at https://<cluster-ip>
GLBCDefaultBackend is running at https://<cluster-ip>/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/default-http-backend:http/proxy
Heapster is running at https://<cluster-ip>/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/heapster/proxy
KubeDNS is running at https://<cluster-ip>/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kube-dns:dns/proxy
kubernetes-dashboard is running at https://<cluster-ip>/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/https:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy
Metrics-server is running at https://<cluster-ip>/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/https:metrics-server:/proxy

When I would like to access the dashboard (web ui interface), e.g kubernetes-dashboard is running at https://<cluster-ip>/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/https:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy I have this error:

{
  "kind": "Status",
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "metadata": {

  },
  "status": "Failure",
  "message": "services \"https:kubernetes-dashboard:\" is forbidden: User \"system:anonymous\" cannot get services/proxy in the namespace \"kube-system\"",
  "reason": "Forbidden",
  "details": {
    "name": "https:kubernetes-dashboard:",
    "kind": "services"
  },
  "code": 403
}

I know there is a lot of questions around this kind of issue concerning the kubernetes dashboard, but I don't find the right to properly access and connect throughthe web ui from gcloud directly.

try [these settings](https://stackoverflow.com/a/47318219/10727144) and check if you can access the dashboard. — Amit Nanaware, Dec 08 '18 at 14:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '18 at 20:57

You need to run first kubectl proxy in order to access the kubernetes dashboard as peer the documentation. After that you can provide the bearer token or Kubeconfig file, see this documentation on hoe to get Bearer Token.

Another option to get the full access to your GKE dashboard see below:

gcloud get-credentials <GKE cluster name> --zone <zone> --project <project>
gcloud config config-helper --format=json | jq .credential.access_token

Copy the Token and use it for full access to all the Dashboard section.

Access to kubernetes dashboard using gcloud

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