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SIMULATION -

Context -
You have been asked to create a new ClusterRole for a deployment pipeline and bind it to a specific ServiceAccount scoped to a specific namespace.

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Create a new ClusterRole named deployment-clusterrole, which only allows to create the following resource types:
✑ Deployment
✑ Stateful Set
✑ DaemonSet
Create a new ServiceAccount named cicd-token in the existing namespace app-team1.
Bind the new ClusterRole deployment-clusterrole to the new ServiceAccount cicd-token, limited to the namespace app-team1.

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by gcpengineer at Oct. 20, 2022, 10:18 p.m.

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schlagzeuger1

Highly Voted 2 years, 7 months ago

I would suggest a role binding instead of the clusterrolebinding exposed in the solution as: $ k create rolebinding deploy-b -n app-team1 --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token With this, we scope resource creation to the namespace app-team1 as stated in the excercise. To check, simply issue commands: $ k auth can-i create deployment -n app-team1 --as system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token ==> yes $ k auth can-i create deployment -n default --as system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token ==> no

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137eceb

8 months, 3 weeks ago

clusterRoles are not bound to a namespace. If we wanted to bind the pemissions to a specific namspace, we would create a role and not a clusterrole. So, clusterrolebinding is correct.

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Sukon_Desknot

2 years, 5 months ago

The question specifically asked for clusterRole.

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dirkdirkdirk

2 years, 4 months ago

Yes, but not clusterRoleBinding.

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sonixrw

2 years ago

"limited to the namespace app-team" means roleBinding also fine. Are the question on exam really in this broken english?

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spocknimoy

2 years ago

make sense

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memoor

1 year, 11 months ago

root@master-node-1:~# kubectl create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=deployments,statefulsets,daemonsets -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl apply -f - clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/deployment-clusterrole configured root@master-node-1:~# kubectl create serviceaccount cicd-token -n app-team1 serviceaccount/cicd-token created root@master-node-1:~# kubectl create clusterrolebinding deployment-clusterrolebinding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token --namespace=app-team1 -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl apply -f - clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/deployment-clusterrolebinding created root@master-node-1:~# kubectl auth can-i create deployment -n app-team1 --as system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token yes root@master-node-1:~# kubectl auth can-i create daemonsets --namespace app-team1 --as=system:serviceaccount no

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Vihar112

Highly Voted 1 year, 9 months ago

Setting Configuration Context: kubectl config use-context k8s Creating the ClusterRole: kubectl create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=deployments,statefulsets,daemonsets -n app-team1 Creating the ServiceAccount: kubectl create serviceaccount cicd-token -n app-team1 Binding the ClusterRole to the ServiceAccount: To bind the ClusterRole to the ServiceAccount in a specific namespace, you'll use a RoleBinding: kubectl create rolebinding deployment-clusterrole-binding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1

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cajif66766

Most Recent 6 months ago

controlplane ~ ➜ k create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb create --resource=deployments --resource=statefulsets --resource=daemonset clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/deployment-clusterrole created controlplane ~ ➜ k describe clusterrole deployment-clusterrole Name: deployment-clusterrole Labels: <none> Annotations: <none> PolicyRule: Resources Non-Resource URLs Resource Names Verbs --------- ----------------- -------------- ----- daemonsets.apps [] [] [create] deployments.apps [] [] [create] statefulsets.apps [] [] [create] controlplane ~ ➜ k create sa cicd-token -n app-team1 serviceaccount/cicd-token created controlplane ~ ➜ k get sa -n app-team1 NAME SECRETS AGE cicd-token 0 10s default 0 12s

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nahid0002

7 months, 4 weeks ago

kubectl create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=deployments,statefulsets,daemonsets kubectl create serviceaccount cicd-token -n app-team1 kubectl create rolebinding deployment-rolebinding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token --namespace=app-team1

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noahsark

8 months, 1 week ago

killer_sh_lab: k create ns app-team1 k create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=Deployment,StatefulSet,DaemonSet k create sa cicd-token -n=app-team1 k create rolebinding rb --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n=app-team1 Checks: k auth can-i create deployment -n=app-team1 --as system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token => yes k auth can-i create deployment -n=default --as system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token ⇒ no

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14b2b2e

9 months, 1 week ago

If I used a clusterrolebind here as per the answer will it still be correct?

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Saransundar

1 year, 2 months ago

First needs to create clusterrole: $ kubectl create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=dployments,statefulsets,daemonsets Step:2 create service account kubectl create sa cicd-token -n app-team1 step:3 Create rolebinding to clusterrole for specific namespace $kubectl create rolebinding deployment-binding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1 step:4 test the role and actions $kubectl auth can-i create deployment --as=system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1

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ProfXsamson

1 year, 3 months ago

Alternatively, a RoleBinding can reference a ClusterRole and bind that ClusterRole to the namespace of the RoleBinding. If you want to bind a ClusterRole to all the namespaces in your cluster, you use a ClusterRoleBinding.

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BABU97

1 year, 4 months ago

dont fall for this! create clusterrole and follow instructions given! you can specify the namespace when your creating a clusterrolebdinding just as you have been asked in the question 'limited to the namespace app-team, also dont forget to create the serviceaccount on the same namespace app-team1

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mKrishna

1 year, 5 months ago

k create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole -n app-team1 --resource=deployment,statefulset,daemonset --verb=create k create serviceaccount cicd-token -n app-team1 k create clusterrolebinding rb-deployment-clusterrole --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1

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sandip_k8s

1 year, 8 months ago

k create rolebinding deployments,statefulsets,daemonsets --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1

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Samm1

1 year, 10 months ago

The question is structured this way: kubectl create ns app-team1. #ns already exist kubectl create sa cicd-token -n app-team1 kubectl api-resources # to verify the resources names kubectl create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=deployments,statefulsets,daemonsets kubectl create rolebinding deployment-role-binding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token --namespace=app-team1 kubectl auth can-i create deployments --as=system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1

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spocknimoy

2 years ago

Clusterrolebinding or rolebinding ? Some confusing answers

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orangelemons

1 year, 12 months ago

the question clearly states to create a clusterrole but never mentioned using a clusterrolebinding, instead it states to limit the binding to the namespace app-team1. So, it should be rolebinding.

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ghsotq

2 years ago

kubectl create rolebinding deployment-clusterrole-binding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1

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Magodi

2 years ago

controlplane $ k create ns app-team1 namespace/app-team1 created controlplane $ k create sa -n app-team1 cicd-token serviceaccount/cicd-token created controlplane $ k create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=deploy,sts,ds clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/deployment-clusterrole created controlplane $ k create clusterrolebinding deployment-clusterrole --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-tokenclusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/deployment-clusterrole created controlplane $ controlplane $ k auth can-i create sts --as=system:serviceaccount:default:cicd-token no controlplane $ k auth can-i create sts --as=system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token yes controlplane $

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Khaled_Rashwan

2 years, 4 months ago

Create the ClusterRole: kubectl create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=deployments,statefulsets,daemonsets Create a new ServiceAccount: kubectl create serviceaccount -n app-team1 cicd-token Bind the new ClusterRole "deployment-clusterrole" to the new ServiceAccount: kubectl create clusterrolebinding cicd-token-binding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1

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RD2022

2 years, 1 month ago

kubectl create clusterrolebinding cicd-token-binding --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token -n app-team1 - will not work as there is no namespace (-n) option for clusterrolebinding - if you do create a CRB it will give CR permissions to the user for the whole cluster

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Nirms

2 years, 5 months ago

1. k create clusterrole deployment-clusterrole --verb=create --resource=Deployment,StatefulSet,DaemonSet 2. k create sa cicd-token -n app-team1 3. k create rolebinding deploy-b -n app-team1 --clusterrole=deployment-clusterrole --serviceaccount=app-team1:cicd-token 4. k auth can-i create deployment -n app-team1 --as system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token 5. k auth can-i create deployment --as system:serviceaccount:app-team1:cicd-token

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