Chapter 1. RBAC APIs

1.1. ClusterRoleBinding [rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1]
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Description: ClusterRoleBinding references a ClusterRole, but not contain it. It can reference a ClusterRole in the global namespace, and adds who information via Subject.
Type: object

1.2. ClusterRole [rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1]
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Description: ClusterRole is a cluster level, logical grouping of PolicyRules that can be referenced as a unit by a RoleBinding or ClusterRoleBinding.
Type: object

1.3. RoleBinding [rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1]
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Description: RoleBinding references a role, but does not contain it. It can reference a Role in the same namespace or a ClusterRole in the global namespace. It adds who information via Subjects and namespace information by which namespace it exists in. RoleBindings in a given namespace only have effect in that namespace.
Type: object

1.4. Role [rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1]
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Description: Role is a namespaced, logical grouping of PolicyRules that can be referenced as a unit by a RoleBinding.
Type: object

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