Prerequisites

The dashboard add-on has been installed and connected to the cluster using kubectl.

Procedure

1. Create influxdb.yaml, heapster.yaml, and heapster-rbac.yaml resource files.
   1. Create an influxdb.yaml file.

      vi influxdb.yaml

      kubectl create -f influxdb.yaml

      Modify the image path in the influxdb.yaml file. Official images are supported. You can also download the influxdb.yaml file from https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/heapster/blob/master/deploy/kube-config/influxdb/influxdb.yaml.

      apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
      kind: Deployment
      metadata:
        name: monitoring-influxdb
        namespace: kube-system
      spec:
        replicas: 1
        template:
          metadata:
            labels:
              task: monitoring
              k8s-app: influxdb
          spec:
            containers:
            - name: influxdb
              image: k8s.gcr.io/heapster-influxdb-amd64:v1.5.2
              volumeMounts:
              - mountPath: /data
                name: influxdb-storage
            volumes:
            - name: influxdb-storage
              emptyDir: {}
      ---
      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Service
      metadata:
        labels:
          task: monitoring
          # For use as a Cluster add-on (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cluster/addons)
          # If you are NOT using this as an addon, you should comment out this line.
          kubernetes.io/cluster-service: 'true'
          kubernetes.io/name: monitoring-influxdb
        name: monitoring-influxdb
        namespace: kube-system
      spec:
        ports:
        - port: 8086
          targetPort: 8086
        selector:
        k8s-app: influxdb

   2. Create a heapster.yaml file.

      vi heapster.yaml

      kubectl create -f heapster.yaml

      Modify the image path in the heapster.yaml file. Official images are supported. You can also download the heapster.yaml file from https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/heapster/blob/master/deploy/kube-config/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml.

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: ServiceAccount
      metadata:
        name: heapster
        namespace: kube-system
      ---
      apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
      kind: Deployment
      metadata:
        name: heapster
        namespace: kube-system
      spec:
        replicas: 1
        template:
          metadata:
            labels:
              task: monitoring
              k8s-app: heapster
          spec:
            serviceAccountName: heapster
            containers:
            - name: heapster
              image: k8s.gcr.io/heapster-amd64:v1.5.4
              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
              command:
              - /heapster
              - --source=kubernetes:https://kubernetes.default
              - --sink=influxdb:http://monitoring-influxdb.kube-system.svc:8086
      ---
      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Service
      metadata:
        labels:
          task: monitoring
          # For use as a Cluster add-on (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cluster/addons)
          # If you are NOT using this as an addon, you should comment out this line.
          kubernetes.io/cluster-service: 'true'
          kubernetes.io/name: Heapster
        name: heapster
        namespace: kube-system
      spec:
        ports:
        - port: 80
          targetPort: 8082
        selector:
          k8s-app: heapster

   3. Create a heapster.yaml file.

      vi heapster.yaml

      kubectl create -f heapster.yaml

      You can also download the heapster.yaml file from https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/heapster/blob/master/deploy/kube-config/influxdb/heapster.yaml.

      kind: ClusterRoleBinding
      apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
      metadata:
        name: heapster
      roleRef:
        apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
        kind: ClusterRole
        name: system:heapster
      subjects:
      - kind: ServiceAccount
        name: heapster
        namespace: kube-system

2. Add the heapster permission to the ClusterRole resource of the dashboard.

   kubectl edit ClusterRole role-dashboard

   Add the following information to the end of the rule field:

   # heapster related access
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["services"]
     resourceNames: ["heapster"]
     verbs: ["proxy"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["services/proxy"]
     resourceNames: ["heapster", "http:heapster:", "https:heapster:"]
     verbs: ["get"]

   After the information is added, information similar to the following is displayed:

   

3. Add startup parameters to the deploy resource of the dashboard.

   kubectl edit deploy kubernetes-dashboard -n kube-system

   Add the following information to the end of the spec.spec.containers field:

   args:
     - --heapster-host=http://heapster.kube-system

   After the information is added, information similar to the following is displayed:

   

4. Access kubernetes-dashboard at https://EIP:Port.