Kubernetes - Minikube start dashboard for a Web UI

For those developing solutions that should run under Kubernetes, running a local version of Kubernetes leveraging Minikube can make your life much more easy. One of the question some people do have is how to ensure they can make use of the Kubernetes Web UI.

Running the Kubernetes Web UI while working with Minikube is relatively easy and you can start the Web UI with a single command of the minikube CLI. The below command showcases how to start the Web UI and also have your local browser open automatically to guide you to the correct URL.

Johans-MacBook-Pro:log jlouwers$ minikube dashboard

🔌  Enabling dashboard ...

🤔  Verifying dashboard health ...

🚀  Launching proxy ...

🤔  Verifying proxy health ...

🎉  Opening http://127.0.0.1:60438/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/http:kubernetes-dashboard:/proxy/ in your default browser...

As you can see from the above example the only command needed is 'minikube dashboard'.

The above screenshot shows you the Kubernetes Web UI in the browser as started by the minikube command.