API Access Control
For an introduction to how Kubernetes implements and controls API access, read Controlling Access to the Kubernetes API.
Reference documentation:
- Authenticating
- Admission Controllers
- Authorization
- Certificate Signing Requests
- including CSR approval and certificate signing
- Service accounts
- Kubelet Authentication & Authorization
- including kubelet TLS bootstrapping
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