RBAC Guide

apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: Role metadata: namespace: production name: pod-reader rules: - apiGroups: [""] resources: ["pods", "pods/log"] verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"] - apiGroups: ["apps"] resources: ["deployments"] verbs: ["get", "list"] - apiGroups: [""] resources: ["secrets"] resourceNames: ["app-secret"] # specific resource only verbs: ["get"] --- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: RoleBinding metadata: name: alice-pod-reader namespace: production subjects: - kind: User name: alice apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io - kind: Group name: developers apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io roleRef: kind: Role name: pod-reader apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io

apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: ClusterRole metadata: name: node-reader rules: - apiGroups: [""] resources: ["nodes"] verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"] - apiGroups: ["metrics.k8s.io"] resources: ["nodes", "pods"] verbs: ["get", "list"] - nonResourceURLs: ["/healthz", "/metrics"] verbs: ["get"] --- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: ClusterRoleBinding metadata: name: monitoring-node-reader subjects: - kind: ServiceAccount name: prometheus namespace: monitoring roleRef: kind: ClusterRole name: node-reader apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io

apiVersion: v1 kind: ServiceAccount metadata: name: myapp-sa namespace: production annotations: # AWS IRSA eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/MyAppRole # GKE Workload Identity iam.gke.io/gcp-service-account: myapp-sa@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com --- # Use ServiceAccount in Pod apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: myapp spec: serviceAccountName: myapp-sa automountServiceAccountToken: false # disable if not needed # CLI operations kubectl create serviceaccount myapp-sa -n production kubectl get serviceaccount myapp-sa -n production -o yaml # Test permissions (impersonate) kubectl auth can-i list pods --as=system:serviceaccount:production:myapp-sa kubectl auth can-i create deployments --as=alice -n production

# Create role that auto-aggregates into 'view' apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: ClusterRole metadata: name: aggregate-to-view labels: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-view: "true" rules: - apiGroups: ["custom.example.com"] resources: ["myresources"] verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"] # Built-in aggregation labels: # rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-admin: "true" # rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-edit: "true" # rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-view: "true" # Useful kubectl commands kubectl get rolebindings,clusterrolebindings -A \ --field-selector=subjects.name=alice kubectl describe clusterrole admin