Updated Readme.md with Table of Content

Updated Readme.md with addition of table of content for enhancing readability of docs. 

This PR is in reference from issue no. #151 : Updating Readme.md.

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## Click the video below to see k8dash in action
[![k8dash - Kubernetes Dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/herbrandson/k8dash/master/docs/videoThumbnail.png)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-1jGAhAHAM "k8dash - Kubernetes Dashboard")
# Table of Contents
- [Prerequisites](#Prerequisites)
- [Getting Started](#Getting_started)
- [Kubectl proxy](#kubectl_proxy)
- [Logging in](#Logging_in)
- [Service Account Token](#Service_Account_Token)
- [Running k8dash with OpenId Connect (oidc)](#oidc)
- [Running k8dash with NodePort](#Nodeport)
- [Metrics](#Metrics)
- [Development](#Development)
- [Prerequisites](#Prerequisites)
- [k8dash is made up of 2 parts. The server and the client](#Parts_of_k8dash)
- [Server](#Server)
- [Client](#Client)
- [License](#License)
<a name="Prerequisites"></a>
## Prerequisites
+ A running Kubernetes cluster (e.g., [minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/))
+ [metrics server](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/metrics-server) installed (optional, but strongly recommended)
+ A Kubernetes cluster configured for [OpenId Connect](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#openid-connect-tokens) authentication (optional)
<a name="Getting_started"></a>
## Getting Started
Deploy k8dash with something like the following...
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serviceName: k8dash
servicePort: 80
```
<a name="kubectl_proxy"></a>
# kubectl proxy
Unfortunately, `kubectl proxy` can not be used to access k8dash. According to the information at [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/38775#issuecomment-277915961](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/38775#issuecomment-277915961), it seems that `kubectl proxy` strips the Authorization header when it proxies requests. From that link:
> this is working as expected. "proxying" through the apiserver will not get you standard proxy behavior (preserving Authorization headers end-to-end), because the API is not being used as a standard proxy
<a name="Logging_in"></a>
# Logging in
There are multiple options logging into the dashboard.
<a name="Service_Account_Token"></a>
## Service Account Token
The first (and easiest) option is to create a dedicated service account. The can be accomplished using the following script.
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Retrieve the `token` value from the secret and enter it into the login screen to access the dashboard.
<a name="oidc"></a>
## Running k8dash with OpenId Connect (oidc)
k8dash makes using OpenId Connect for authentication easy. Assuming your cluster is configured to use OIDC, all you need to do is create a secret containing your credentials and run the [kubernetes-k8dash-oidc.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/herbrandson/k8dash/master/kubernetes-k8dash-oidc.yaml) config.
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The other option is `OIDC_METADATA`. k8dash uses the excellent [node-openid-client](https://github.com/panva/node-openid-client) module. `OIDC_METADATA` will take a json string and pass it to the `Client` constructor. Docs [here](https://github.com/panva/node-openid-client/blob/master/docs/README.md#client). For example, `OIDC_METADATA='{"token_endpoint_auth_method":"client_secret_post"}`
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## Running k8dash with NodePort
If you do not have an ingress server setup, you can utilize a NodePort service as configured in the [kubernetes-k8dash-nodeport.yaml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/herbrandson/k8dash/master/kubernetes-k8dash-nodeport.yaml). This is ideal when creating a single node master, or if you want to get up and running as fast as possible.
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k8dash NodePort 10.107.107.62 <none> 4654:32565/TCP 1m
```
<a name="Metrics"></a>
## Metrics
k8dash relies heavily on [metrics-server](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/metrics-server) to display real time cluster metrics. It is strongly recommended to have metrics-server installed to get the best experiance from k8dash.
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+ [Running metrics-server with kubeadm](https://medium.com/@waleedkhan91/how-to-configure-metrics-server-on-kubeadm-provisioned-kubernetes-cluster-f755a2ac43a2)
<a name="Development"></a>
# Development
<a name="Prerequisites"></a>
## Prerequisites:
+ A running Kubernetes cluster.
Installing and running [minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/) is an easy way to get this.
Once minikube is installed, you can run it with the command `minikube start --driver=docker`
+ Once the cluster is up and running, create some login credentials as described [above](https://github.com/indeedeng/k8dash#logging-in)
<a name="Parts_of_k8dash"></a>
## k8dash is made up of 2 parts. The server and the client.
<a name="Server"></a>
### Server
To run the server, run `npm i` from the `/server` directory to install dependencies and then `npm start` to run the server.
The server is a simple express.js server that is primarily responsible for proxying requests to the Kubernetes api server.
During development, the server will use whatever is configured in `~/.kube/config` to connect the desired cluster. If you are using minikube, for example, you can run `kubectl config set-context minikube` to get `~/.kube/config` set up correctly.
<a name="Client"></a>
### Client
The client is a React application (using TypeScript) with minimal other dependencies.
To run the client, open a new terminal tab and navigate to the `/client` directory, run `npm i` and then `npm start`. This will open up a browser window to your local k8dash dashboard. If everything compiles correctly, it will load the site and then an error message will pop up `Unhandled Rejection (Error): Api request error: Forbidden...`. The error message has an 'X' in the top righthand corner to close that message. After you close it, you should see the UI where you can enter your token.
## License
<a name="License"></a>
# License
[Apache License 2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/herbrandson/k8dash/master/LICENSE)