Everything Wrong with K8s Authentication and How We Worked Around It

Explore the challenges and solutions surrounding Kubernetes authentication in this 29-minute conference talk by Mo Khan and Margo Crawford from VMware. Delve into the flexible authentication options provided by Kubernetes and understand why they remain inaccessible to many users in practice. Discover the struggles faced by enterprise cluster administrators when attempting to unify clusters across various providers and distributions under a single identity platform. Learn about the limitations of authentication options on managed cloud provider platforms and the complexities of integrating with common identity technologies like OIDC or LDAP on self-hosted clusters. Gain insights into common pitfalls of Kubernetes authentication and explore effective workarounds. Understand techniques for integrating identities from OIDC/LDAP into any Kubernetes cluster, implementing user-friendly login flows, and enabling federated logins across multiple clusters. Get a glimpse of the latest Kubernetes auth integration techniques and upcoming features in future Kubernetes versions.