how to access local kubernetes minikube dashboard remotely

Question

Kubernetes newbie (or rather basic networking) question: Installed single node minikube (0.23 release) on a ubuntu box running in my lan (on IP address 192.168

Answer 1

Jeff Prouty added useful answer:

I was able to get running with something as simple as:

kubectl proxy --address='0.0.0.0' --disable-filter=true

But for me it didn't worked initially.

I run this command on the CentOS 7 machine with running kubectl (local IP: 192.168.0.20).

When I tried to access dashboard from another computer (which was in LAN obviously):

http://192.168.0.20:8001/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kubernetes-dashboard/proxy/

then only timeout was in my web browser.

The solution for my case is that in CentOS 7 (and probably other distros) you need to open port 8001 in your OS firewall.

So in my case I need to run in CentOS 7 terminal:

 sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=8001/tcp --permanent
 sudo firewall-cmd --reload

And after that. It works! :)

Of course you need to be aware that this is not safe solution, because anybody have access to your dashbord now. But I think that for local lab testing it will be sufficient.

In other linux distros, command for opening ports in firewall can be different. Please use google for that.