Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We take a look at a great home lab application dashboard that allows you to quickly and easily install home lab services into your Kubernetes clusters and do this with an excellent GUI interface. The solution is called Kubeapps:
https://kubeapps.dev/
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Introduction to a home lab apps dashboard for Kubernetes - 0:00
Kubeapps - free and open-source apps dashboard for installing and managing apps - 0:36
Adding additional helm repositories to extend the catalog of services - 1:14
Installing Kubeapps installed - 1:43
Creating a Kubeapps namespace - 2:07
Describing Metallb and how it allows us to connect to Kubeapps - 2:26
Adding the Bitnami repo for helm - 2:45
Installing Kubeapps using helm - 3:06
Describing the LoadBalancer type for Kubeapps frontend - 3:23
Seeing your LoadBalancer IP address for Kubeapps - 3:49
Discussing Metallb further - 4:43
Logging into Kubeapps - 5:23
We are required to enter a token for login - 5:48
Describing commands to assign role to a kubeapps-operator and getting token - 6:06
Creating the kubeapps-operator - 6:30
Creating the cluster role for kubeapps-operator - 7:02
Creating the secret for the kubeapps-operator - 7:26
Retrieving the kubeapps-operator secret - 8:03
Beginning to explore the kubeapps dashboard - 8:45
Searching for applications to install - 9:43
Beginning process to add a package repository - 9:56
Adding another repository - 10:33
Installing an application such as Jenkins - 11:18
Visual editor and YAML editor - 11:36
Kicking off the deployment- 12:07
Kubeapps displays the LoadBalancer IPs and access URLs - 12:20
Wrapping up and final thoughts on Kubeapps - 13:07
We take a look at a great home lab application dashboard that allows you to quickly and easily install home lab services into your Kubernetes clusters and do this with an excellent GUI interface. The solution is called Kubeapps:
https://kubeapps.dev/
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction to a home lab apps dashboard for Kubernetes - 0:00
Kubeapps - free and open-source apps dashboard for installing and managing apps - 0:36
Adding additional helm repositories to extend the catalog of services - 1:14
Installing Kubeapps installed - 1:43
Creating a Kubeapps namespace - 2:07
Describing Metallb and how it allows us to connect to Kubeapps - 2:26
Adding the Bitnami repo for helm - 2:45
Installing Kubeapps using helm - 3:06
Describing the LoadBalancer type for Kubeapps frontend - 3:23
Seeing your LoadBalancer IP address for Kubeapps - 3:49
Discussing Metallb further - 4:43
Logging into Kubeapps - 5:23
We are required to enter a token for login - 5:48
Describing commands to assign role to a kubeapps-operator and getting token - 6:06
Creating the kubeapps-operator - 6:30
Creating the cluster role for kubeapps-operator - 7:02
Creating the secret for the kubeapps-operator - 7:26
Retrieving the kubeapps-operator secret - 8:03
Beginning to explore the kubeapps dashboard - 8:45
Searching for applications to install - 9:43
Beginning process to add a package repository - 9:56
Adding another repository - 10:33
Installing an application such as Jenkins - 11:18
Visual editor and YAML editor - 11:36
Kicking off the deployment- 12:07
Kubeapps displays the LoadBalancer IPs and access URLs - 12:20
Wrapping up and final thoughts on Kubeapps - 13:07
