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Add docs for RKE cluster user authentication
Information on configuring RKE authn webhooks, provisioning RKE clusters as authorized cluster endpoints, and using kubeconfig contexts for connecting directly to a cluster. For rancher/docs/issues/1010
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>**Note:** If your cloud provider is not listed as an option, you will need to use the [config file option](#config-file) to use that cloud provider. Please reference the [RKE's cloud provider documentation]({{< baseurl >}}/rke/v0.1.x/en/config-options/cloud-providers/) on how to configure these other cloud providers.
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- Whether or not to allow the cluster to act as an _authorized cluster endpoint_. Enabling will allow users to directly access a Kubernetes API server in the cluster without requiring communication through Rancher server. Providing an FQDN and certificate will generate kubeconfig files which use those values for accessing the cluster behind a load balancer, otherwise node IP addresses and kubernetes API certs will be used. See the [kubeconfig documentation]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/k8s-in-rancher/kubeconfig/) for more information.
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- Whether or not to use a [pod security policy]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/admin-settings/pod-security-policies). You must have an existing pod security policy configured before you can use this option.
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## Config File
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>```
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kubectl --kubeconfig /custom/path/kube.config get pods
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```
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Rancher generates kubeconfig files that by default proxy through Rancher server to connect to the Kubernetes API server on a cluster.
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For RKE clusters which are configured as _authorized cluster endpoints_ we will generate extra contexts in the kubeconfig file for connecting directly to a cluster.
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If an FQDN is defined for the cluster then a single extra context will be created, otherwise an extra context which points to the IP address of each node in the control plane will be created.
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Please examine the kubeconfig file for a complete list of available contexts.
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>Example of using the FQDN context for an RKE cluster:
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>```
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kubectl --context rke-fqdn api-resources
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```
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>or node context without FQDN defined:
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>```
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kubectl --context rke-node1 api-resources
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```
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See [Cluster Options for Provisioning RKE in Rancher]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/options/) and [RKE Config Options]({{< baseurl >}}/rke/v0.1.x/en/config-options/authentication/) for more information on user authentication in a cluster.
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```
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4. From your workstation, launch kubectl. Use it to interact with your kubernetes cluster.
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For information on using cluster contexts, see [Kubeconfig Files]({{< baseurl >}}/rancher/v2.x/en//k8s-in-rancher/kubeconfig).
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For more information on using kubectl, see [Kubernetes Documentation: Overview of kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/overview/).
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- "10.18.160.10"
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- "my-loadbalancer-1234567890.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"
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```
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RKE also supports the webhook authentication strategy. You can enable both x509 and webhook strategies by using a `|` separator in the configuration. Contents of the webhook config file should be provided, see [Kubernetes webhook documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/webhook/) for information on the file format. Additionally, a cache timeout for webhook authentication responses can be set.
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```yaml
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authentication:
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strategy: x509|webhook
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webhook:
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config_file: "...."
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cache_timeout: 5s
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```
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