Deploy Console¶

Important

To deploy Pachyderm's Console, an Enterprise License is required.

Note that this section is an add-on to the deployment of Pachyderm, locally or in the cloud. It details the additional steps required to install and access your Console.

If you plan to deploy in the cloud, this section will complement your values.yaml (find Pachyderm's deployment instructions matching your target (AWS, Google, Azure...) in the Deploy section of the documentation).
To deploy locally, follow the instructions below.

Deploy Locally¶

Reminder

A local installation helps you learn some of the Pachyderm basics and experiment with the product. It is not designed to be a production environment.

We provide an easy "one line" deployment command to install Pachyderm with Console on a local environment. All you need is your enterprise token and a Kubernetes cluster running on your local environment.

Follow the deployment instructions in our Local Installation page. You are all set!

Note

When installing, we create a default mock user (username:admin, password: password) to authenticate to Console without the hassle of connecting your Identity Provider.

Deploy In The Cloud¶

The deployment of Console in your favorite Cloud usually requires, at a minimum, the set up an Ingress (see below), the activation of Authentication, and the setup of a DNS.

You can opt for a quick installation that will alleviate those infrastructure constraints (Not recommended in Production but an easy way to get started) and speed up your installation by following the steps in our Quick Cloud Deployment page, then connect to your Console:

Reminder

Use the mock user (username:admin, password: password) to authenticate to Console.

For a production environment:
- Set up your Ingress and DNS.
- Set up your IDP during deployment. To configure your Identity Provider as a part of helm install, see examples for the oidc.upstreamIDPs value in the helm chart values specification and read our IDP Configuration page for a better understanding of each field.
- Or manually update your values.yaml with oidc.mockIDP = false then set up an Identity Provider by using pachctl.

Warning

When enterprise is enabled through Helm, auth is automatically activated (i.e., you do not need to run pachctl auth activate) and a pachyderm-bootstrap-config k8s secret is created containing an entry for your rootToken. Use kubectl get secret pachyderm-bootstrap-config -o go-template='{{.data.rootToken | base64decode }}' to retrieve it and save it where you see fit.

However, this secret is only used when configuring through helm:

If you run pachctl auth activate, the secret is not updated. Instead, the rootToken is printed in your STDOUT for you to save.
Same behavior if you activate enterprise manually (pachctl license activate) then activate authentication (pachctl auth activate).

Connect to Console¶

No Ingress set up (Local or Quick Install)

Run pachctl port-forward (Background this process in a new tab of your terminal).
Connect to your Console (Pachyderm UI):
- Point your browser to http://localhost:4000
- Authenticate as the mock User using admin & password

Ingress + DNS set up

Point your browser to:
- http://<external-IP-address-or-domain-name>:80 or,
- https://<external-IP-address-or-domain-name>:443 if TLS is enabled
Authenticate:
- As the mock User using admin & password if you used the mockIDP.
- As a User of your IdP otherwise.

You are all set! You should land on the Projects page of Console.

Console Landing Page

Last update: November 8, 2021

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