Access and Identity Management

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Managing user access, authentication, and authorization in OpenShift:

Authentication Configuration

  • OAuth Integration: Configure and maintain OAuth providers (GitHub, Google, LDAP, etc.)

  • Identity Providers: Manage multiple identity provider configurations and failover scenarios

  • Token Management: Monitor OAuth token lifecycle, expiration, and refresh policies

  • Session Handling: Configure session timeout, concurrent session limits, and security policies

  • Multi-factor Authentication: Implement and maintain MFA requirements where applicable

Authorization and RBAC

  • Role-Based Access Control: Maintain cluster roles, role bindings, and namespace-specific permissions

  • Custom Roles: Create and manage custom roles for specific operational requirements

  • Service Accounts: Manage service account lifecycle, permissions, and token rotation

  • Group Management: Synchronize and maintain group memberships from external identity providers

  • Privilege Escalation: Monitor and audit privilege escalation patterns and requests

User Lifecycle Management

  • User Onboarding: Automate user provisioning and initial access setup

  • Access Reviews: Conduct regular access reviews and permission audits

  • Offboarding: Ensure proper user deactivation and access revocation procedures

  • Identity Synchronization: Maintain sync between external identity systems and OpenShift

  • Emergency Access: Maintain break-glass procedures for emergency administrative access

Certificate and Secret Management

  • TLS Certificates: Rotate ingress, service, and internal communication certificates

  • Secret Rotation: Implement automated secret rotation for passwords, API keys, and tokens

  • Certificate Authorities: Manage internal CA certificates and trust chains

  • Encryption at Rest: Configure and maintain etcd encryption and secret encryption

  • Secret Storage: Secure secret storage practices and access patterns

Security Contexts and Policies

  • Pod Security Standards: Implement and enforce pod security policies

  • Security Context Constraints (SCCs): Manage SCCs for workload security requirements

  • Admission Controllers: Configure and maintain security-focused admission controllers

  • Network Policies: Implement network segmentation and micro-segmentation policies

  • Image Security: Manage image scanning, vulnerability policies, and trusted registries

Multi-tenancy and Isolation

  • Namespace Isolation: Implement proper tenant separation and resource isolation

  • Resource Quotas: Manage tenant resource quotas and limits

  • Network Segmentation: Ensure proper network isolation between tenants

  • Data Separation: Maintain data privacy and separation between different user groups

  • Shared Services: Manage access to shared cluster services and resources

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