From the course: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA) Cert Prep
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Authorization
From the course: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA) Cert Prep
Authorization
All right. So much like authentication, authorization is the same across the board. Now whether it's for Kubernetes, the cloud, or virtual environment, it's all about what permissions you have on the system. In this case, Kubernetes being the system. Now, can you create pods or just list them? Can you create secrets? Do you have access to etcd? It's all about what you can do on the cluster. And you'll see this called authorization, permissions, and RBAC. It all kind of means the same thing. And your kubeconfig holds the keys that state what permissions you have access to. Your kubeconfig holds the keys to the castle, whatever authentication you have, whatever authorization you have. Based on that authentication is what's ultimately available to you. So let's pop over to VS Code here really quick. All right. So as we can see here, I have a service account. And we're just going to go ahead and we're going to create that service account. Kubectl create sa podcreator, okay? And now I can…
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