k8s-macosX-installation

1. Install Edge version of Docker and Enable Kubernetes

$ docker -v
Docker version 17.12-kube_beta, build ca0c9dbcb219048a1a61fbf82a2e69f1b9795023

Docker Version 17.12.0-ce-mac45

2. Activate Kubernetes support

https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/#edit-the-daemon-configuration-file

3. Install kubectl (if not installed)

$ brew install kubectl

4. Set k8s context to docker-for-desktop

$ kubectl config use-context docker-for-desktop

5. Install the Kubernetes Dashboard

Follow the Official README steps: https://github.com/kubernetes/dashboard#getting-started

6. Find the Deployment Controller Token secret

$ kubectl -n kube-system get secret

NAME                                     TYPE                                  DATA      AGE
...
deployment-controller-token-XXXX        kubernetes.io/service-account-token   3         21d
...

7. "Describe" the secret to get the token

$ kubectl -n kube-system describe secret deployment-controller-token-XXXX

Name:         deployment-controller-token-XXXX
Namespace:    kube-system
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  kubernetes.io/service-account.name=deployment-controller
              kubernetes.io/service-account.uid=XXXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Type:  kubernetes.io/service-account-token

Data
====
ca.crt:     1025 bytes
namespace:  11 bytes
token:      eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3Mi...

8. Set admin token

$ kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --token=${SECRET_TOKEN}

9. Navigate to the k8s dashboard

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

10. Enter the token under the second option and SIGN IN