I'm trying to log into a kubernetes dashboard with a token given to me by my organization, but the token does not work.

Question

So as stated, I can't get in to the dashboard. The first option is a token, the second option to get in is with a kubeconfig file. I want to use a token, but the one given to me doesn't work

Here are the commands I ran, which they said should work to get me in, but no matter what, the token they gave me is not working.

az aks get-credentials --resource-group rg-aks-nonprod-eastus-001 --name aks-nonprod-eastus-001 --admin -a

az account show (I verified that it is the correct Azure account)

kubectl port-forward -n kube-system service/kubernetes-dashboard 8080:443

Those above statements get me to the dashboard locally on 443, no problem. And the Azure configuration is verified, and I've already logged into azure using the CLI

C:\kubectl>kubectl config view
apiVersion: v1
clusters:

• cluster:
  certificate-authority-data: DATA+OMITTED
  server: https://aks-nonprod-eastus-001-dns-a7d8ab13.hcp.eastus.azmk8s.io:443
  name: aks-nonprod-eastus-001
  contexts:
• context:
  cluster: aks-nonprod-eastus-001
  user: clusterAdmin_rg-aks-nonprod-eastus-001_aks-nonprod-eastus-001
  name: aks-nonprod-eastus-001-admin
  current-context: aks-nonprod-eastus-001-admin
  kind: Config
  preferences: {}
  users:
• name: clusterAdmin_rg-aks-nonprod-eastus-001_aks-nonprod-eastus-001
  user:
  client-certificate-data: REDACTED
  client-key-data: REDACTED
  token: REDACTED

Can someone help me with this? I need to get either the token I was given working (I think everybody is using the same one) or get a new one. I'd prefer to use the one I was given.

Thanks,

Duane

Answer 1

Hi @Duane Wolford ,

Using powershell on your local system you can do:

Store the credentials in kube config

az aks get-credentials --resource-group rg-aks-nonprod-eastus-001 --name aks-nonprod-eastus-001 --admin -a

Rip credential secret token from kube config

kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard describe secret $(kubectl -n kubernetes-dashboard get secret | sls admin-user | ForEach-Object { $_ -Split '\s+' } | Select -First 1)

Start local proxy

kubectl proxy

Open web browser to proxy url

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

Paste in the cred secret token you dumped earlier from kube config

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