Kubepass
Installation

Installation

To install Kubepass, you must have the following:

  • A Kubernetes cluster running version 1.16 or later
  • cert-manager

Installation

cert-manager

If you don’t have Cert Manager installed, you can install it using the following command:

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.13.3/cert-manager.yaml

Refer to the Cert Manager documentation for more information.

Kubepass

  1. Create a new namespace kubepass
kubectl create namespace kubepass
  1. Install Kubepass
kubectl -n=kubepass apply -f https://kubepass.com/install/v1.yaml
  1. Wait for all the pods to be in running state
kubectl -n=kubepass get pods
NAME                          READY   STATUS    RESTARTS      AGE
auth-645df6f44c-grbl8         1/1     Running   0             115s
controller-6dc6995fdf-2xl9f   1/1     Running   4 (68s ago)   115s
dashboard-d6d568667-dsswq     1/1     Running   0             13s
postgres-fd8775bfb-9875d      1/1     Running   0             115s
  1. Access Kubepass dashboard

Kubepass dashboard is exposed using a Kubernetes service of type LoadBalancer. You can also use NodePort or Ingress to expose the dashboard.

kubectl -n=kubepass get svc
NAME         TYPE           CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP       PORT(S)             AGE
auth         ClusterIP      10.245.101.205   <none>            8080/TCP,8443/TCP   3m13s
controller   ClusterIP      10.245.89.76     <none>            8080/TCP,443/TCP    3m13s
dashboard    LoadBalancer   10.245.100.131   174.138.118.172   8080:31453/TCP      3m13s
postgres     ClusterIP      10.245.114.235   <none>            5432/TCP            3m13s
  1. Login to Kubepass dashboard

Kubepass runs on port 8080. You can access the dashboard using the following URL:

http://<EXTERNAL-IP>:8080

Kubepass Login

Kubepass comes with a default admin user. You can use the following credentials to login to the dashboard:

Username: [email protected]    
Password: kubepass
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You will be prompted to change the password on first login.
Kubepass Dashboard
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Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Kubepass.

Continue to the next section to learn the basic concepts of Kubepass and to secure applications.

IntroductionSecuring an application