centraldashboard: kubeflow in a custom namespace instead of kubeflow namespace

[deepk2u]

/kind feature

Why you need this feature:
I am trying to install kubeflow in a namespace other than kubeflow. I am using the pipelines and notebooks module, everything else is working except centraldashboard.

looks like namespace is hardcoded as part of the code here:

kubeflow/components/centraldashboard/app/k8s_service.ts

Line 53 in 787de25

private namespace = 'kubeflow';

there is an option to override namespace using kubeconfig and setting context here:

kubeflow/components/centraldashboard/app/k8s_service.ts

Line 64 in 787de25

this.namespace = context.namespace;

But, in this case we would need to provide the kubeconfig, which is not posssible in all cases, because of security reasons.

Describe the solution you'd like:

1. The idea is to make namespace variable value come from an environment variable.

2. The other idea is to fetch the namespace from the serviceaccount token.

Both are valid solutions in my opinion.

Anything else you would like to add:
[Miscellaneous information that will assist in solving the issue.]

[deepk2u]

/assign @kimwnasptd