January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
484 pages
11h 48m
English
Authentication and authorization are important components in Kubernetes. Authentication verifies users and checks that the user is who they claim to be. Authorization, on the other hand, checks what permission levels users have. Kubernetes supports different authentication and authorization modules.
The following is an illustration that shows how the Kubernetes API server processes access control when it receives a request:

When the request goes to the API server, first it establishes a TLS connection by validating the clients' certificate with the Certificate Authority ...
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