In addition to its many other use cases, single sign-on (SSO) works well for Kubernetes authentication. The benefits of using SSO for Kubernetes include simplified account management and provisioning and self-service for developers.

Single Sign-On (SSO) has become a prominent part of enterprise strategy to bolster the security posture of user identification across different applications. SSO is an authentication system for users that enables them to use a single set of credentials when accessing a number of autonomous software systems.

Authentication is an important part of functionality across software applications and infrastructures. It allows you to restrict access to users the system recognizes via tokens, username and password pairs, certificates, and other authentication mechanisms.

Authentication helps control access to cluster resources by first verifying a user’s identity. In Kubernetes, the API server needs to verify the identity of every request it receives.

Despite being the most widely used open source container orchestration platform today, Kubernetes does not have the means to create and manage users—at least not natively.

Kubernetes, an automated system for managing containerized applications, offers multiple benefits to developers. It eliminates application downtime by creating a new pod automatically when an existing pod crashes, and it allows teams to easily scale applications for traffic increases or decreases.

Loft now supports automatic authentication capabilities for your Spaces. When accessing a space via ingress, Loft will deny traffic from users that are unauthenticated with Loft or unauthorized users that don’t have permissions to use the targeted Space.

Kubernetes has modernized how organizations build, test, and deploy their software. Thanks to its modularity, open-source framework, and role-based access control (RBAC), companies can create a highly scalable and reliable enterprise-grade cluster while meeting strict security and governance requirements.

Kubernetes authentication means validating the identity of who or what is sending a request to the Kubernetes server. A request can originate from a pod, within a cluster, or from a human user.

Recently, you might have heard about “internal Kubernetes platforms” from many different sources: KubeCon talks, blog articles, or just colleagues and friends. Even if such platforms are not always called internal Kubernetes platforms, solutions that allow engineers to get a standardized and easy Kubernetes access in a cloud environment seem to become more common now.