diff --git a/content/Projects/Observability/kube-rbac-proxy.md b/content/Projects/Observability/kube-rbac-proxy.md index 0259bfd..5c2b4c9 100644 --- a/content/Projects/Observability/kube-rbac-proxy.md +++ b/content/Projects/Observability/kube-rbac-proxy.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Refer [this page](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authen Once authentication is done, `kube-rbac-proxy` must then decide whether to allow the user's request to go through or not. A [`SubjectAccessReview` request is created](https://github.com/kubernetes/apiserver/blob/21bbcb57c672531fe8c431e1035405f9a4b061de/plugin/pkg/authorizer/webhook/webhook.go#L57-L59) for the API server, which allows for the review of the subject's access to a particular resource. Essentially, it checks whether the authenticated user or service account has sufficient permissions to perform the desired action on the requested resource, based on the RBAC permissions granted to it. If so, the request is forwarded to the endpoint, otherwise it is rejected. It is worth mentioning that the HTTP verbs are internally mapped to their [corresponding RBAC verbs](https://github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/blob/ccd5bc7fec36f9db0747033c2d698cc75a0e314c/pkg/proxy/proxy.go#L49-L60). Note that static authorization (as described in the [downstream usage](#downstream-usage) section) without SubjectAccessReview is also possible. -Once the request is authenticated and authorized, it is forwarded to the endpoint. The response from the endpoint is then forwarded back to the client. If the request fails at any point, the proxy returns an error response to the client. In the case of a failed authentication, an [HTTP `401 Unauthorized` status code](https://github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/blob/9efde2a776fd516cfa082cc5f2c35c7f9e0e2689/pkg/filters/auth_test.go#L290) is returned (note the distinction between *authentication* and *unauthorized* here). If the authorization step fails, i.e., the client doesn't have the required permissions to access the requested resource, `kube-rbac-proxy` returns an [HTTP `403 Forbidden` status code](https://github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/blob/9efde2a776fd516cfa082cc5f2c35c7f9e0e2689/pkg/filters/auth_test.go#L300) to the client and does not forward the request to the endpoint. +Once the request is authenticated and authorized, it is forwarded to the endpoint. The response from the endpoint is then forwarded back to the client. + +If the authorization step fails, i.e., the client doesn't have the required permissions to access the requested resource, `kube-rbac-proxy` returns an [HTTP `403 Forbidden` status code](https://github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/blob/9efde2a776fd516cfa082cc5f2c35c7f9e0e2689/pkg/filters/auth_test.go#L300) to the client and does not forward the request to the endpoint. ## Downstream usage