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Manage Azure Kubernetes cluster with web UI | Microsoft Docs |
Using the Kubernetes dashboard in AKS |
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neilpeterson |
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11/15/2017 |
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The Azure CLI can be used to start the Kubernetes Dashboard. This document walks through starting the Kubernetes dashboard with the Azure CLI, and also walks through some basic dashboard operations. For more information on the Kubernetes dashboard see, Kubernetes Web UI Dashboard.
The steps detailed in this document assume that you have created an AKS cluster and have established a kubectl connection with the cluster. If you need these items see, the AKS quickstart.
You also need the Azure CLI version 2.0.21 or later installed and configured. Run az --version to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure CLI.
Use the az aks browse command to start the Kubernetes dashboard. When running this command, replace the resource group and cluster name.
az aks browse --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myK8SCluster
This command creates a proxy between your development system and the Kubernetes API, and opens a web browser to the Kubernetes dashboard.
In the Kubernetes dashboard, click the Create button in the upper right window. Give the deployment the name nginx and enter nginx:latest for the images name. Under Service, select External and enter 80 for both the port and target port.
When ready, click Deploy to create the deployment.
Status about the application can be seen on the Kubernetes dashboard. Once the application is running, each component has a green checkbox next to it.
To see more information about the application pods, click on Pods in the left-hand menu, and then select the NGINX pod. Here you can see pod-specific information such as resource consumption.
To find the IP address of the application, click on Services in the left-hand menu, and then select the NGINX service.
In addition to creating and viewing applications, the Kubernetes dashboard can be used to edit and update application deployments.
To edit a deployment, click Deployments in the left-hand menu, and then select the NGINX deployment. Finally, select Edit in the upper right-hand navigation bar.
Locate the spec.replica value, which should be 1, change this value to 3. In doing so, the replica count of the NGINX deployment is increased from 1 to 3.
Select Update when ready.
For more information about the Kubernetes dashboard, see the Kubernetes documentation.
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