Using the Skupper console
For Use with Application Interconnect 1.0 LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Abstract
Preface
Making open source more inclusive
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By default, when you create a Application Interconnect site, you also enable the Skupper console. The Skupper console URL is displayed whenever you check site status using skupper status.
Chapter 1. Accessing the Skupper console
By default, the Skupper console is available whenever you create a service network router and is protected by credentials available in the skupper-console-users secret.
Procedure
Determine the Skupper console URL using the
skupperCLI, for example:$ skupper status Skupper is enabled for namespace "west" in interior mode. It is not connected to any other sites. It has no exposed services. The site console url is: https://skupper-west.apps-crc.testing
Browse to the Skupper console URL. The credential prompt depends on how the site was created using
skupper init:-
using the
--console-auth unsecuredoption, you are not prompted for credentials. -
using the
--console-auth openshiftoption, you are prompted to enter OpenShift cluster credentials. -
using the default or
--console-user <user> --console-password <password>options, you are prompted to enter those credentials.
-
using the
If you created the site using default settings, that is
skupper init, a random password is generated for theadminuser. To retrieve the password theadminuser:$ kubectl get secret skupper-console-users -o jsonpath={.data.admin} | base64 -d JNZWzMHtyg
Chapter 2. Linking sites using the Skupper console
The Skupper console allows you create and use claim type tokens as described in Configuring Application Interconnect sites using the CLI.
Prerequisites
- Two sites, each with Skupper console enabled
Your browser may prompt you to allow using the clipboard. You must accept that prompt for this procedure.
- Log into the console for the first site.
- Navigate to Site in left hand menu.
- Click Link a remote site to display the steps for linking.
- Click Copy a token to the clipboard.
- Log into the console for the second site.
- Navigate to Site in left hand menu.
- Click Use a token to accept the token from the first site.
- Verify that the sites are linked by Checking that both sites are listed in the Network details section of the Site page.
Chapter 3. Exploring the Skupper console
The Skupper console provides an overview of the following:
- Services - services that are exposed on the service network, both local and remote.
- Sites - Application Interconnect installations on the current service network.
- Deployments - deployments relating to exposed services.
The Skupper console also provides useful networking information about the service network, for example, traffic levels between sites.

- Perform the Creating a service network with OpenShift tutorial.
- Navigate to the Skupper console.
- Click the Network menu item. Both the east and west sites should be displayed in circles.
- Drag and drop the west circle to be on the left of the east circle.
- Click the Table tab to display the sites as text items. This view allows you drill down into details relating to the selected site.
- Click the Deployments menu item. This view shows you any deployments that are exposed as services on the service network. In this case, the console displays the hello-world-backend (east) deployment.
Click the Services menu item to display details for all services exposed on the service network.
NoteAlthough two services are involved in the tutorial, only one service,
hello-world-backendis exposed on the service network.Click the Site menu. This page shows:
- The number of sites in the service network.
- The services that are exposed on the service network.
- The gateways that are defined in the service network.
- The traffic for the current site.
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