I have access to only one namespace inside the cluster and that too is restricted.
kind: Role
kind: ClusterRole
kind: RoleBinding
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
are forbidden to me. So im not able to create kubernetes dashboard as per the recommended yaml.
How to get around this?
It's not possible to achieve it unless you ask someone with enough rights to create the objects you can't for you.
Here is a sample manifest used to apply the dashboard to a cluster. As you can see you have to be able to manage Role, ClusterRole, RoleBinding and ClusterRoleBinding to apply it.
So it's impossible to create it with the rights you have as they are essential in this case.
Here is the part affected by lack of your rights:
kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
labels:
k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
name: kubernetes-dashboard
namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
rules:
# Allow Dashboard to get, update and delete Dashboard exclusive secrets.
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["secrets"]
resourceNames: ["kubernetes-dashboard-key-holder", "kubernetes-dashboard-certs", "kubernetes-dashboard-csrf"]
verbs: ["get", "update", "delete"]
# Allow Dashboard to get and update 'kubernetes-dashboard-settings' config map.
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["configmaps"]
resourceNames: ["kubernetes-dashboard-settings"]
verbs: ["get", "update"]
# Allow Dashboard to get metrics.
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["services"]
resourceNames: ["heapster", "dashboard-metrics-scraper"]
verbs: ["proxy"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["services/proxy"]
resourceNames: ["heapster", "http:heapster:", "https:heapster:", "dashboard-metrics-scraper", "http:dashboard-metrics-scraper"]
verbs: ["get"]
---
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
labels:
k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
name: kubernetes-dashboard
rules:
# Allow Metrics Scraper to get metrics from the Metrics server
- apiGroups: ["metrics.k8s.io"]
resources: ["pods", "nodes"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
labels:
k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
name: kubernetes-dashboard
namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: kubernetes-dashboard
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: kubernetes-dashboard
namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: kubernetes-dashboard
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: kubernetes-dashboard
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: kubernetes-dashboard
namespace: kubernetes-dashboard
```
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in order to make a high availability test in kubernetes cluster, i use a tool such as chaoskube or kube-monkey , which kills random pods in namespaces to create a "chaos" and to see how the system and applications will react.
by default these tools need a cluster role, in order to let its service account to list/kill pods for all namespaces in cluster.
in my situation i want to install this tool and make the test just in one namespace (namespace x)
is there any way to restrict the permissions of the service account just to give it the permissions to list/kill pods from (namespace x) and the whole cluster ?
i already tried to create a role & rolebinding in (namespace x) but still have the same RBAC error, as the service account expects to have the cluster permissions :
"pods is forbidden: User \"system:serviceaccount:x:chaoskube-sa\" cannot list resource \"pods\" in API group \"\ at the cluster scope"
update: role & rolebinding
this is the default permissions for its service account:
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
name: chaoskube-role
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["list", "delete"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["events"]
verbs: ["create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: chaoskube-rolebinding
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: chaoskube-role
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: chaoskube-sa
namespace: x
with these configration it works fine.
now with restricted permissions for a specific namespace :
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
name: chaoskube-role
namespace: x
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["list", "delete"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["events"]
verbs: ["create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: chaoskube-rolebinding
namespace: x
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: chaoskube-role
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: chaoskube-sa
namespace: x
it can not list the pods , and i receive the RBAC error.
In my scenario user has access to four namespaces only, he will switch between namespaces using contexts below. How can I give him access to CRD's along with his exiting access to four namespaces.
CURRENT NAME CLUSTER AUTHINFO NAMESPACE
* dev-crd-ns-user dev dev-crd-ns-user dev-crd-ns
dev-mon-fe-ns-user dev dev-mon-fe-ns-user dev-mon-fe-ns
dev-strimzi-operator-ns dev dev-strimzi-operator-ns-user dev-strimzi-operator-ns
dev-titan-ns-1 dev dev-titan-ns-1-user dev-titan-ns-1
hifi#101common:/root$ kubectl get secret
NAME TYPE DATA AGE
default-token-mh7xq kubernetes.io/service-account-token 3 8d
dev-crd-ns-user-token-zd6xt kubernetes.io/service-account-token 3 8d
exfo#cmme101common:/root$ kubectl get crd
Error from server (Forbidden): customresourcedefinitions.apiextensions.k8s.io is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:dev-crd-ns:dev-crd-ns-user" cannot list resource "customresourcedefinitions" in API group "apiextensions.k8s.io" at the cluster scope
Tried below two options. Option 2 is the recommendation but didn't work with either one.
Error from server (Forbidden): customresourcedefinitions.apiextensions.k8s.io is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:dev-crd-ns:dev-crd-ns-user" cannot list resource "customresourcedefinitions" in API group "apiextensions.k8s.io" at the **cluster scope**
Option 1: Adding CRD to existing role
role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
annotations:
name: dev-ns-user-full-access
namespace: dev-crd-ns
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ""
- extensions
- apps
- networking.k8s.io
- apiextensions.k8s.io
resources:
- '*'
- customresourcedefinitions
verbs:
- '*'
- apiGroups:
- batch
resources:
- jobs
- cronjobs
verbs:
- '*'
role binding
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
annotations:
name: dev-crd-ns-user-view
namespace: dev-crd-ns
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: dev-crd-ns-user-full-access
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: dev-crd-ns-user
namespace: dev-crd-ns
Option 2 : Adding CRD as a new role to "dev-crd-ns" namespace
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
namespace: dev-crd-ns
name: crd-admin
rules:
- apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: crd-admin
namespace: dev-crd-ns
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: dev-crd-ns-user
namespace: dev-crd-ns
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: crd-admin
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
You need to create Role and RoleBinding for each service account like dev-crd-ns-user.
For dev-crd-ns-user:
Update the existing Role or create a new one:
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
namespace: dev-crd-ns
name: crd-admin
rules:
- apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
$ kubectl apply -f crd-admin-role.yaml
Update the existing RoleBinding with this new Role or create a new one:
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: crd-admin
namespace: dev-crd-ns
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: dev-crd-ns-user
namespace: dev-crd-ns
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: crd-admin
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
$ kubectl apply -f crd-admin-role-binding.yaml
Now, the SA dev-crd-ns-user will have all the access to customresourcedefinitions.
Follow similar steps for the rest of the service accounts.
I'm trying to grant the default service account in my namespace the ability to read ingress resources. I want to be able to read all ingress resources for the cluster, would that necessitate a ClusterRole? This is the role and binding I've been trying.
The kubectl command kubectl auth can-i list ingress -n my-namespace --as=system:serviceaccount:my-namespace:default also returns "no"
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
namespace: my-namespace
name: my-ingress-reader
rules:
- apiGroups: ["", "networking.k8s.io", "networking", "extensions"] # "" indicates the core API group
resources: ["ingress"]
verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: my-ingress-reader
namespace: my-namespace
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: default
namespace: my-namespace
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: my-ingress-reader
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
your Role rules is using incorrect api-resources that is resources: ["ingress"], it must be resources: ["ingresses"]
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
namespace: my-namespace
name: my-ingress-reader
rules:
- apiGroups: ["", "networking.k8s.io", "networking", "extensions"] # "" indicates the core API group
resources: ["ingresses"]
verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
to check the correct api-resources, you can use below command
root#controlplane:~# kubectl api-resources | grep -i ingress
ingresses ing extensions/v1beta1 true Ingress
ingressclasses networking.k8s.io/v1 false IngressClass
ingresses ing networking.k8s.io/v1 true Ingress
I have couple of namespaces - assume NS1 and NS2. I have serviceaccounts created in those - sa1 in NS1 and sa2 in NS2. I have created roles and rolebindings for sa1 to do stuff within NS1 and sa2 within NS2.
What I want is give sa1 certain access within NS2 (say only Pod Reader role).
I am wondering if that's possible or not?
You can simply reference a ServiceAccount from another namespace in the RoleBinding:
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Role
metadata:
name: pod-reader
namespace: ns2
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: pod-reader-from-ns1
namespace: ns2
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: pod-reader
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ns1-service-account
namespace: ns1
I'm trying to create a read only user. I want the user to be able to list nodes and pods and view the dashboard. I got the certs created and can connect but I'm getting the following error.
$ kubectl --context minikube-ro get pods --all-namespaces
Error from server (Forbidden): pods is forbidden: User "erst-operation" cannot list pods at the cluster scope
My cluster role...
$ cat helm/namespace-core/templates/pod-reader-cluster-role.yaml
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
namespace: '*'
name: pod-reader
rules:
- apiGroups: ["extensions", "apps"]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
My cluster role binding...
$ cat helm/namespace-core/templates/pod-reader-role-binding.yaml
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: read-pods
namespace: default
subjects:
- kind: User
name: erst-operation
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: pod-reader
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
I'm aware the above shouldn't grant permissions to see the dashboard but how do I get it to just list the pods?
You cluster role should contain Core group as resource pods are in Core group.
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
namespace: '*'
name: pod-reader
rules:
- apiGroups: ["extensions", "apps", ""]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]