MinIO Operator Console

The Operator Console service does not automatically bind or expose itself for external access on the Kubernetes cluster. Instead, configure a network control plane component, such as a load balancer or ingress, to grant external access.

For testing purposes or short-term access, expose the Operator Console service through a NodePort using the following patch:

kubectl patch service -n minio-operator console -p '
{
    "spec": {
        "ports": [
            {
                "name": "http",
                "port": 9090,
                "protocol": "TCP",
                "targetPort": 9090,
                "nodePort": 30090
            },
            {
                "name": "https",
                "port": 9443,
                "protocol": "TCP",
                "targetPort": 9443,
                "nodePort": 30433
            }
        ],
        "type": "NodePort"
    }
}'

The patch command should output service/console patched. You can now access the service through ports 30433 (HTTPS) or 30090 (HTTP) on any of your Kubernetes worker nodes.

For example, a Kubernetes cluster with the following Operator nodes might be accessed at https://172.18.0.2:30443:

kubectl get nodes -o custom-columns=IP:.status.addresses[:]
IP
map[address:172.18.0.5 type:InternalIP],map[address:k3d-MINIO-agent-3 type:Hostname]
map[address:172.18.0.6 type:InternalIP],map[address:k3d-MINIO-agent-2 type:Hostname]
map[address:172.18.0.2 type:InternalIP],map[address:k3d-MINIO-server-0 type:Hostname]
map[address:172.18.0.4 type:InternalIP],map[address:k3d-MINIO-agent-1 type:Hostname]
map[address:172.18.0.3 type:InternalIP],map[address:k3d-MINIO-agent-0 type:Hostname]

Use the following command to retrieve the JWT token necessary for logging into the Operator Console:

kubectl get secret/console-sa-secret -n minio-operator -o json | jq -r '.data.token' | base64 -d

If your local host does not have the jq utility installed, you can run the kubectl part of this command (before | jq) and locate the data.token section of the output.