EKS Dashboard Setup Guide

This guide walks you through installing and accessing the Kubernetes Dashboard on your Amazon EKS cluster.

1. Deploy Kubernetes Dashboard

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/v2.7.0/aio/deploy/recommended.yaml

2. Create Admin Service Account & ClusterRoleBinding

Save the following as eks-admin-service-account.yaml:

apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: eks-admin
  namespace: kube-system
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: eks-admin
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: eks-admin
  namespace: kube-system

Apply the file:

kubectl apply -f eks-admin-service-account.yaml

3. Create a Token Secret for the Admin Account

kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: eks-admin-token
  namespace: kube-system
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: eks-admin
type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
EOF

4. Retrieve the Dashboard Access Token

kubectl -n kube-system get secret eks-admin-token -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 --decode

(Optional: Save to a file)

kubectl -n kube-system get secret eks-admin-token -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 --decode > /tmp/eks_token.txt

5. Start kubectl Proxy

kubectl proxy

6. Access the Dashboard

Open the following URL in your browser:

http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/kubernetes-dashboard/services/https:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy/

✅ Done!

You should now have access to the Kubernetes Dashboard for your EKS cluster.

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