Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Customize a perspective using YAML view

You can customize a perspective by editing the console resource YAML content.

Prerequisites

You must have administrator privileges.

Procedure

In the Administrator perspective, navigate to Administration → Cluster Settings.
Select the Configuration tab and click the Console (operator.openshift.io) resource.

Click the YAML tab and make your customization:

To enable or disable a perspective, insert the snippet for Add user perspectives and edit the YAML code as needed:

apiVersion: operator.openshift.io/v1
kind: Console
metadata:
  name: cluster
spec:
  customization:
    perspectives:
      - id: admin
        visibility:
          state: Enabled
      - id: dev
        visibility:
          state: Enabled

To hide a perspective based on RBAC permissions, insert the snippet for Hide user perspectives and edit the YAML code as needed:

apiVersion: operator.openshift.io/v1
kind: Console
metadata:
  name: cluster
spec:
  customization:
    perspectives:
      - id: admin
        requiresAccessReview:
          - group: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
            resource: clusterroles
            verb: list
      - id: dev
        state: Enabled

To customize a perspective based on your needs, create your own YAML snippet:

apiVersion: operator.openshift.io/v1
kind: Console
metadata:
  name: cluster
spec:
  customization:
    perspectives:
      - id: admin
        visibility:
          state: AccessReview
          accessReview:
            missing:
              - resource: deployment
                verb: list
            required:
              - resource: namespaces
                verb: list
      - id: dev
        visibility:
          state: Enabled

Click Save.