Access the KOTS administration console UI

The Kubernetes Off-The-Shelf (KOTS) Admin UI provides a user interface for managing the Mission Control installation. It handles Mission Control configuration, licensing, and upgrades. Gain access to this interface through the kots kubectl plugin.

Prerequisites

You need the following:

A downloaded Mission Control license file.

Mission Control requires a license file to provide Kubernetes Off-The-Shelf (KOTS) or Helm with required information out installation. Information includes customer identifiers, software update channels, and entitlements.

Are you exploring Mission Control as a solution for your organization? Fill out this registration form to request a community edition license.

If you need a replacement license file or a non-community edition, or want to convert your Public Preview license to use a stable channel release version, please contact your account team.
You must have an environment prepared with kotsadm installed. See the Preparing the Environment steps for runtime or kubernetes based installations.

Configure a local proxy or a service to access the KOTS admin UI

You can use a local proxy or the NodePort service to access the KOTS admin UI.

Local proxy
NodePort service

To configure a local proxy through which to access the Admin Console, do the following:

Run this command on a pre-installed Control Plane Mode server that runs the application manager kotsadm:
```
kubectl kots admin-console -n NAMESPACE
```
Replace NAMESPACE with the namespace value specified during installation. The default is mission-control.

The kubectl command opens localhost port 8800, which forwards to the kotsadm service.
Optional: Use the --port flag to specify an alternate port. See the Replicated documentation for flag details.
Type Control+C to exit.
Open a web browser to http://localhost:8800. This opens the Admin Console.

The first time you authenticate with the KOTS admin interface (during installation), you are prompted for your license file. No prompt for license information occurs whenever you re-access the KOTS admin interface for Mission Control management operations, such as adding a node.

To configure a NodePort service through which to access the Admin Console, do the following:

Expose the KOTS admin service:
```
kubectl expose svc kotsadm -n mission-control --name kotsadm-external-nodeport --type NodePort
```
The expose svc command copies selectors from the existing internal ClusterIP service into a new service with the type of NodePort. The ClusterIP service is the one you’re connected to when you run kubectl kots admin-console.

Retrieve the port:

kubectl get svc -n mission-control kotsadm-external-nodeport

Results

This example demonstrates that port 31967 on all nodes can be accessed to connect with the KOTS interface. The port value will be unique to your cluster.

NAME                        TYPE       CLUSTER-IP    EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)          AGE
kotsadm-external-nodeport   NodePort   192.0.2.250   <none>        3000:31967/TCP   80s

Access the KOTS administration console UI

Prerequisites

Configure a local proxy or a service to access the KOTS admin UI

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