ServiceAccount, Role, and RoleBinding

In namespace audit, Pod log-collector exists but is failing with authorization errors. Check the Pod logs to identify what permissions are needed: The logs show a Forbidden error: pods is forbidden:…

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Task

In namespace audit, Pod log-collector exists but is failing with authorization errors.

Check the Pod logs to identify what permissions are needed:

kubectl logs -n audit log-collector

The logs show a Forbidden error: pods is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:audit:default" cannot list resource "pods" in API group "" in the namespace "audit"

Requirements

Create a ServiceAccount named log-sa in namespace audit
Create a Role log-role that grants get, list, and watch on resource pods
Create a RoleBinding log-rb binding log-role to log-sa
Update Pod log-collector to use ServiceAccount log-sa

Exam

CKAD

Domain

Application Environment, Configuration and Security

Grading

Programmatic · partial credit

Reference

Kubernetes docs ↗

What this tests

Wire up configmaps, secrets, service accounts, RBAC, securityContext, and resource limits. On the CKAD exam, Application Environment, Configuration and Security tasks are graded purely on what you build in the cluster - not multiple choice - so the only way to get faster is to do them on a real cluster against a clock.

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