# Access the Kubernetes Dashboard
## Deploy and Access the Kubernetes Dashboard
Dashboard is a web-based Kubernetes user interface. Provides information on the state of Kubernetes resources in your cluster and on any errors that may have occurred.
### Deploying the Dashboard UI
The Dashboard UI is not deployed by default. To deploy it, run the following command:
```
sudo kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/dashboard/v2.7.0/aio/deploy/recommended.yaml
```
After completing the installation, your pod must be running successfully.\\
Now, to be able to expose the dashboard for external access, we need to change the service's ClusterIP type to NodePort.
We can make this change simply by editing the service.
```
sudo kubectl edit service kubernetes
```
After making the change to `NodePort`, save and close the file.
When performing a new query, notice that the type has changed and now a new port has been added.
Once this is done, you should have access to the dashboard through the public IP of your instance plus the port that was released.
As we send an http request and expect https then we receive an alert. We can simply move forward by adding https\://\
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### Accessing the Dashboard UI
Creating sample user:\
Grant this user admin permissions and login to Dashboard using a bearer token tied to this user.
### Creating a Service Account
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: admin-user
namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
```
### Creating a ClusterRoleBinding
We can use it and create only a `ClusterRoleBinding` for our `ServiceAccount`
```yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: admin-user
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: admin-user
namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
```
### Getting a Bearer Token for ServiceAccount
Execute the following command:
```
sudo kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard create token admin-user
```
### Accessing Dashboard
Now we can navigate the dashboard and monitor all clusters.
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