Launch the UI

The Gloo UI is served from the gloo-mesh-ui service on port 8090. You can connect by using the meshctl or kubectl CLIs.

1. Open the Gloo UI. The Gloo UI is served from the gloo-mesh-ui service on port 8090. You can connect by using the meshctl or kubectl CLIs.
   • meshctl
   • kubectl

   meshctl dashboard
   

   1. Port-forward the gloo-mesh-ui service on 8090.

      kubectl port-forward -n gloo-mesh svc/gloo-mesh-ui 8090:8090
      

   2. Open your browser and connect to http://localhost:8090.
2. Optional: If authentication is enabled, sign in.
3. Explore the UI.