github.com/koderover/helm@v2.17.0+incompatible/docs/chart_best_practices/rbac.md (about) 1 # Role-Based Access Control 2 3 This part of the Best Practices Guide discusses the creation and formatting of RBAC resources in chart manifests. 4 5 RBAC resources are: 6 7 - ServiceAccount (namespaced) 8 - Role (namespaced) 9 - ClusterRole 10 - RoleBinding (namespaced) 11 - ClusterRoleBinding 12 13 ## YAML Configuration 14 15 RBAC and ServiceAccount configuration should happen under separate keys. They are separate things. Splitting these two concepts out in the YAML disambiguates them and make this clearer. 16 17 ```yaml 18 rbac: 19 # Specifies whether RBAC resources should be created 20 create: true 21 22 serviceAccount: 23 # Specifies whether a ServiceAccount should be created 24 create: true 25 # The name of the ServiceAccount to use. 26 # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template 27 name: 28 ``` 29 30 This structure can be extended for more complex charts that require multiple ServiceAccounts. 31 32 ```yaml 33 serviceAccounts: 34 client: 35 create: true 36 name: 37 server: 38 create: true 39 name: 40 ``` 41 42 ## RBAC Resources Should be Created by Default 43 44 `rbac.create` should be a boolean value controlling whether RBAC resources are created. The default should be `true`. Users who wish to manage RBAC access controls themselves can set this value to `false` (in which case see below). 45 46 ## Using RBAC Resources 47 48 `serviceAccount.name` should set to the name of the ServiceAccount to be used by access-controlled resources created by the chart. If `serviceAccount.create` is true, then a ServiceAccount with this name should be created. If the name is not set, then a name is generated using the `fullname` template, If `serviceAccount.create` is false, then it should not be created, but it should still be associated with the same resources so that manually-created RBAC resources created later that reference it will function correctly. If `serviceAccount.create` is false and the name is not specified, then the default ServiceAccount is used. 49 50 The following helper template should be used for the ServiceAccount. 51 52 ```yaml 53 {{/* 54 Create the name of the service account to use 55 */}} 56 {{- define "mychart.serviceAccountName" -}} 57 {{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}} 58 {{ default (include "mychart.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }} 59 {{- else -}} 60 {{ default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }} 61 {{- end -}} 62 {{- end -}} 63 ```