{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/kubernetes/re-clusters/connect-to-admin-console",
  "title": "Connect to the admin console",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/kubernetes/re-clusters/connect-to-admin-console/",
  "summary": "Connect to the Redis Enterprise admin console to manage your Redis Enterprise cluster.",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "operate",
    "kubernetes"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-28T15:03:12+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "ef87f06e763f40bcd9d683cabece1b1af00766ae010e77738043c2c9f1d1b3ac",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "content",
      "title": "Content",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "The username and password for the Redis Enterprise Software [admin console](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs) are stored in a Kubernetes [secret](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/). After retrieving your credentials, you can use port forwarding to connect to the admin console.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> There are several methods for accessing the admin console. Port forwarding is the simplest, but not the most efficient method for long-term use. You could also use a load balancer service or Ingress. \n\n1. Switch to the namespace with your Redis Enterprise cluster (REC).\n\n    [code example]\n\n1. Find your cluster name from your list of secrets.\n\n    [code example]\n\n    In this example, the cluster name is `rec`.\n\n1. Extract and decode your credentials from the secret.\n\n    [code example]\n\n1. Find the port for the REC UI service in the `spec:ports` section of the service definition file.\n\n    [code example]\n\n    > [!NOTE]\n    > The default port is 8443.\n\n1. Use `kubectl port-forward` to forward your local port to the service port.\n\n    [code example]\n\n1. View the admin console from a web browser on your local machine at `https://localhost:8443`."
    }
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "id": "content-ex0",
      "language": "sh",
      "code": "kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=<namespace-of-rec>",
      "section_id": "content"
    },
    {
      "id": "content-ex1",
      "language": "sh",
      "code": "kubectl get secret",
      "section_id": "content"
    },
    {
      "id": "content-ex2",
      "language": "sh",
      "code": "kubectl get secret <cluster-name> -o jsonpath='{.data.username}' | base64 --decode\n    kubectl get secret <cluster-name> -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 --decode",
      "section_id": "content"
    },
    {
      "id": "content-ex3",
      "language": "sh",
      "code": "kubectl get service/<cluster-name>-ui -o yaml",
      "section_id": "content"
    },
    {
      "id": "content-ex4",
      "language": "sh",
      "code": "kubectl port-forward service/<cluster-name>-ui <local-port>:<service-port>",
      "section_id": "content"
    }
  ]
}