Authentication and Authorization for Redpanda in Kubernetes
Redpanda offers two methods to manage authentication and authorization in a Kubernetes environment. These options allow administrators to control user access and permissions, ensuring secure communication with the Redpanda cluster.
Use Helm values or the Redpanda resource manifest to enable authentication for Redpanda. This method provides a way to configure authentication during the initial deployment or updates to the cluster configuration.
Use the User resource to declaratively create and manage users and ACLs as part of a Redpanda deployment. Each User resource is mapped to a user in your Redpanda cluster. The user controller keeps the corresponding user in sync with the User resource.
Use the RedpandaRole resource to declaratively create and manage roles as part of a Redpanda deployment. Each RedpandaRole resource defines a set of permissions that can be assigned to multiple users, providing role-based access control (RBAC) for your Redpanda cluster.
