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Kubernetes access control

Kubernetes access control - Kubernetes Tutorial

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Kubernetes access control

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- Controlling access to the Kubernetes API is something that we've talked about, at least at a high level, in other lessons. But in this particular lesson, it's important that you understand that there are key components within Kubernetes that allow for you to be able to provide some very sophisticated access control to the API, as well as all the various components of Kubernetes that an individual may or may not need access to. Everything starts with that User and that Service account. Once you make a connection into the API server, that's going to require you to authenticate. That authentication typically is going to be a certificate, it might be a token. All these different aspects that you can use to be able to authenticate to the system that will tie a User to a particular resource and a profile. Once that user has been authenticated, the authorization parts where we take that level of access to that particular User or Service account gets, and then we put rules and safeguards on…

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