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# How-to Grant Read-Only Access to the Kubernetes Dashboard

## Problem

A read-only access role needs to be created for access to the [Kubernetes Web UI (Dashboard)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/web-ui-dashboard/).

## Environment

* Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - All Versions
* Kubernetes Web UI (Dashboard)

## Procedure

1. Create a service account in the default or any other namespace of your choice.

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```none
# kubectl create sa [name of serviceaccount] -n [namespace]
```

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2. Create a cluster role with get, list, and watch verbs.

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```none
# cat [<EOF | kubectl apply -f -] ---> apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1> kind: ClusterRole> metadata:>   name: [clusterrole name]> rules:> - apiGroups: ["*"]>   resources: ["*"]>   verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]> EOF
```

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**Note**

The above gives permission to all the resources; it can be modified accordingly.
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3. Create a **clusterrolebinding** for the above **clusterrole** and **serviceaccount**.

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```none
# kubectl create clusterrolebinding [name] --serviceaccount=[namespace:serviceaccount name] --clusterrole=[clusterrole name]
```

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4. Describe the **serviceaccount** resource (created above).

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```none
# kubectl describe serviceaccount [service account name] -n [namespace]
```

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5. Extract the **token** value from the **secret** specified for the **serviceaccount** resource (above output).

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```none
# kubectl get secret [secret-name] -o jsonpath="{.data.token}" | base64 --decode && echo ''
```

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The token value may then be used to login to the Kubernetes Dashboard with read-only privileges.


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