Five Dex Alternatives for Kubernetes Authentication

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Zapier

Azure AD integrates with existing infrastructure, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications such as Azure DevOps, Exchange Online, Zapier, and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). With this integration, you can choose to either use single sign-on (SSO) to applications directly or launch applications from a portal, such as the Azure AD access panel.

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Rancher

Rancher provides a Rancher authentication proxy that allows user authentication from a central location. With this proxy, you can set the credential for authenticating users that want to access your Kubernetes clusters. You can create, view, update, or delete users through Rancher’s UI and API.

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OpenID Connect

Among the options for auth providers is Dex, which relies on OpenID Connect to enable authentication for other applications. It’s a popular choice because it comes with connectors to allow user authentication against other third-party identity providers. Dex supports protocols such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) as well as platforms such as GitLab, Active Directory, and GitHub.

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LDAP

Among the options for auth providers is Dex, which relies on OpenID Connect to enable authentication for other applications. It’s a popular choice because it comes with connectors to allow user authentication against other third-party identity providers. Dex supports protocols such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) as well as platforms such as GitLab, Active Directory, and GitHub.

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5

Kubernetes

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. Such requests may come from a program like a pod or from a human user. Since Kubernetes lacks a built-in feature for authenticating users, you’ll need to rely on auth providers for this service. Fortunately, the container orchestration platform accommodates a variety of authentication providers.

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Google Kubernetes Engine

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides OAuth to authenticate with the Kubernetes API server. As the preferred authentication strategy for Kubernetes clusters, OAuth is configured automatically in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Using this method, you can authenticate your clusters by signing in to the gcloud command line tool to open a web browser that completes the authentication process to Google Cloud.

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Google Cloud IAM

OAuth 2.0 authenticates both service accounts and user accounts in GKE. This authentication protocol uses the OpenID Connect method to verify the identity of Kubernetes clusters. GKE is integrated with Google Cloud IAM, so you can also use IAM to control access to your clusters or to configure a user to control the GKE cluster and Google Cloud resources.

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Google Cloud Platform

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides OAuth to authenticate with the Kubernetes API server. As the preferred authentication strategy for Kubernetes clusters, OAuth is configured automatically in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Using this method, you can authenticate your clusters by signing in to the gcloud command line tool to open a web browser that completes the authentication process to Google Cloud.

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Visual Studio Team Services

Azure AD integrates with existing infrastructure, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications such as Azure DevOps, Exchange Online, Zapier, and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). With this integration, you can choose to either use single sign-on (SSO) to applications directly or launch applications from a portal, such as the Azure AD access panel.

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10

Amazon EKS

Access to Kubernetes clusters in Amazon EKS is controlled by the AWS IAM Authenticator for Kubernetes. The authenticator runs on the EKS control plane and depends on the aws-auth ConfigMap for configuration settings. Every time you use kubectl to perform actions on the EKS cluster, the AWS IAM Authenticator generates an STS token (AWS Security Token Service). Kubernetes uses the IAM authenticator service to verify the identity of users specified in this security token.

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