DexIdP with Minikube

The following are the instructions to run minikube locally and to integrate Dex with it.

Getting Started

1. Install Dex using helm

helm repo add dex https://charts.dexidp.io
kubectl create ns dex
helm install --generate-name --wait dex/dex --values ./dex/Values.yaml -n dex

2. Configure the dex ingress

2.1. Configure the ingress tls configuration

kubectl -n dex create secret tls minikube-ingress-tls --key certs/server.key --cert certs/server.crt

2.2 Create the ingress

kubectl -n dex create ingress dex --rule="/dex*=dex:5556,tls=minikube-ingress-tls"

3. Update Dex settings

3.1. Apply the necessory changes in dex/config.yaml 3.2. Then apply the following:

kubectl create secret generic dex \
  --from-file dex/config.yaml \
  --save-config \
  --dry-run=client -o yaml | \
  kubectl apply -f -

4. Configure Kubectl using kubelogin plugin

kubectl oidc-login setup \
  --oidc-issuer-url=https://minikube/dex \
  --oidc-client-id=kubelogin \
  --oidc-client-secret=kubelogin_password \
  --certificate-authority=$(pwd)/certs/ca.crt