# Microk8s dashboard and remote access

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-dashboard-and-remote-access/11142>\
**Category:** microk8s\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-dashboard-and-remote-access/11142 "2020-05-28T17:35:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dishmael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/dishmael/32/5214_2.png) [@dishmael](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/dishmael)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-dashboard-and-remote-access/11142/1 "2020-05-28T17:35:46Z")

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I followed the microk8s tutorial, installed via snap, started add-ons, and everything seems to be up and operational; however, I cannot figure out how to access the dashboard remotely. All of the nodes in the cluster are headless so I cannot access localhost with a browser. Any help is appreciated…

hostname$ microk8s status  
**microk8s is running**  
addons:  
**dashboard: enabled**  
dns: enabled  
registry: enabled  
storage: enabled  
helm: disabled  
helm3: disabled  
ingress: disabled  
metallb: disabled  
metrics-server: disabled  
rbac: disabled

hostname$ microk8s kubectl port-forward -n kube-system service/kubernetes-dashboard 10443:443  
Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:10443 -\> 8443

hostname$ curl --insecure [https://127.0.01:10443](https://127.0.01:10443)  
[raw web page]

### Cluster information:

Kubernetes version: 1.18  
Cloud being used: bare-metal  
Installation method: snap  
Host OS: Ubuntu  
CNI and version:  
CRI and version:

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**Author:** ![kjackal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/kjackal/32/1750_2.png) [@kjackal](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/kjackal)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-dashboard-and-remote-access/11142/2 "2020-05-29T11:01:43Z")

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Hi @dishmael, could you try adding the `--address` argument to indicate what addresses the dashboard will be reached from:

```auto
microk8s kubectl port-forward -n kube-system service/kubernetes-dashboard 10443:443 --address 0.0.0.0

```

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**Author:** ![dishmael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/dishmael/32/5214_2.png) [@dishmael](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/dishmael)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/microk8s-dashboard-and-remote-access/11142/3 "2020-05-29T11:29:20Z")

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I could have sworn I tried adding --address but I must not have done something right. I tried again this morning and it worked. Now I just need to figure out how to get around the insecure SSL issue.