{"id":44729,"date":"2024-06-25T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=44729"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:26:14","slug":"kubernetes-access-control","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/articles\/kubernetes-access-control","title":{"rendered":"Access Control in Kubernetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"ack-h2\">Access Control in Kubernetes<\/h2>\n<p>To control access to the cluster, Kubernetes employs <strong>Role-Based Access Control <\/strong>(<a class=\"ack-link-color\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kubernetes.io\/docs\/reference\/access-authn-authz\/rbac\/\">RBAC<\/a>). You have a token included by default with a cluster-admin role-holding ServiceAccount.<\/p>\n<p>It is recommended to build distinct ServiceAccounts for each user you wish to grant access to the Kubernetes cluster, together with the appropriate <a class=\"ack-link-color\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kubernetes.io\/docs\/reference\/access-authn-authz\/rbac\/#default-roles-and-role-bindings\">Roles and RoleBindings<\/a>. With this method, you can manage the operations that each user can carry out, including namespace creation, deployments, services, and ingresses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ack-formula\">\n<strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ack-ul\">\n<li>PaaS accounts are not integrated with the Kubernetes RBAC mechanism. With cluster-admin credentials, the pre-configured kubectl tool can be used by any user having SSH access to the master node. 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