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kubernetes dashboard (web ui) has nothing to display

8/22/2021

After I deployed the webui (k8s dashboard), I logined to the dashboard but nothing found there, instead a list of errors in notification. 

tatefulsets.apps is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "statefulsets" in API group "apps" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
replicationcontrollers is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "replicationcontrollers" in API group "" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
replicasets.apps is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "replicasets" in API group "apps" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
deployments.apps is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "deployments" in API group "apps" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
jobs.batch is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "jobs" in API group "batch" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
events is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "events" in API group "" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
pods is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "pods" in API group "" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
daemonsets.apps is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "daemonsets" in API group "apps" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
cronjobs.batch is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "cronjobs" in API group "batch" in the namespace "default" 2 minutes ago
error
namespaces is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kubernetes-dashboard:default" cannot list resource "namespaces" in API group "" at the cluster scope

Here is all my pods

NAMESPACE              NAME                                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE   IP               NODE             NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
kube-system            calico-kube-controllers-58497c65d5-828dm     1/1     Running   0          64m   10.244.192.193   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-dblzp                            1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.140   cluster3-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-dwdvh                            1/1     Running   1          49m   157.245.57.139   cluster2-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-gskr2                            1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.133   cluster1-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-jm5rd                            1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.144   cluster4-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-m8htd                            1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.141   cluster3-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-n7d44                            1/1     Running   0          64m   157.245.57.146   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-wblpr                            1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.135   cluster2-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-wbrzf                            1/1     Running   1          29m   157.245.57.136   cluster1-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            calico-node-wqwkj                            1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.142   cluster4-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            coredns-78fcd69978-cnzxv                     1/1     Running   0          64m   10.244.192.194   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            coredns-78fcd69978-f4ln8                     1/1     Running   0          64m   10.244.192.195   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            etcd-master-node1                            1/1     Running   1          64m   157.245.57.146   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-apiserver-master-node1                  1/1     Running   1          64m   157.245.57.146   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-controller-manager-master-node1         1/1     Running   1          64m   157.245.57.146   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-2b5bz                             1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.144   cluster4-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-cslwc                             1/1     Running   3          49m   157.245.57.139   cluster2-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-hlvxc                             1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.140   cluster3-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-kkdqn                             1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.142   cluster4-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-sm7nq                             1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.133   cluster1-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-wm42s                             1/1     Running   0          64m   157.245.57.146   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-wslxd                             1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.141   cluster3-node2   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-xnh24                             1/1     Running   0          17m   157.245.57.135   cluster2-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-proxy-zvsqf                             1/1     Running   1          29m   157.245.57.136   cluster1-node1   <none>           <none>
kube-system            kube-scheduler-master-node1                  1/1     Running   1          64m   157.245.57.146   master-node1     <none>           <none>
kubernetes-dashboard   dashboard-metrics-scraper-856586f554-c4thn   1/1     Running   0          14m   10.244.14.65     cluster2-node2   <none>           <none>
kubernetes-dashboard   kubernetes-dashboard-67484c44f6-hwvj5        1/1     Running   0          14m   10.244.213.65    cluster1-node1   <none>           <none>

Here is all my nodes:

NAME             STATUS   ROLES                  AGE   VERSION
cluster1-node1   Ready    <none>                 29m   v1.22.1
cluster1-node2   Ready    <none>                 17m   v1.22.1
cluster2-node1   Ready    <none>                 17m   v1.22.1
cluster2-node2   Ready    <none>                 49m   v1.22.1
cluster3-node1   Ready    <none>                 17m   v1.22.1
cluster3-node2   Ready    <none>                 17m   v1.22.1
cluster4-node1   Ready    <none>                 17m   v1.22.1
cluster4-node2   Ready    <none>                 17m   v1.22.1
master-node1     Ready    control-plane,master   65m   v1.22.1

I suspect there is misconfiguration in kubernetes-dashboard namespace, so it cannot access the system.

-- user12983782
kubernetes
kubernetes-dashboard

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2 Answers

3/28/2022

If you have applied the proper ClusterRoleBinding for your kubernetes-dashboard and still have the forbidden message, please take a look at the token you are using for accessing the dashboard.

In kubectl get serviceaccount kubernetes-dashboard -o yaml look for .secrets.name. That's the token you need to use to login

Then kubectl get secret <the token name> -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 -d. Copy all the token. Notice you should not copy the last % character.

-- RicarHincapie
Source: StackOverflow
8/24/2021

I have recreated the situation according to the attached tutorial and it works for me. Make sure, that you are trying properly login:

To protect your cluster data, Dashboard deploys with a minimal RBAC configuration by default. Currently, Dashboard only supports logging in with a Bearer Token. To create a token for this demo, you can follow our guide on creating a sample user.

Warning: The sample user created in the tutorial will have administrative privileges and is for educational purposes only.

You can also create admin role:

kubectl create clusterrolebinding serviceaccounts-cluster-admin \
  --clusterrole=cluster-admin \
  --group=system:serviceaccounts

However, you need to know that this is potentially a very dangerous solution as you are granting root permissions to create pods for every user who has read secrets. You should use this method only for learning and demonstrating purpose.

You can read more about this solution here and more about RBAC authorization.

See also this question.

-- Mikołaj Głodziak
Source: StackOverflow