<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>RBAC in Kubernetes defines access control by determining who can perform actions on resources.</li><li>Authentication in Kubernetes involves validating requests using various methods like client certificates, bearer tokens, or OIDC tokens.</li><li>Authorization in Kubernetes is executed by the RBAC authorizer by evaluating identities against Roles and ClusterRoles defined in the cluster.</li><li>RBAC authorizer matches rules based on verbs, resources, and namespaces to determine access permissions.</li></ul>

How Kubernetes Calculates Access Permissions Using RBAC Rules

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