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Cross namespace RoleBinding
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: manager
labels:
name: manager
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: target
labels:
name: target
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: controller-service-account
namespace: manager
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: controller-pod
namespace: manager
spec:
serviceAccountName: controller-service-account
containers:
- name: controller
image: example/controller:latest
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
name: full-access-role
namespace: target
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods", "pods/log", "pods/exec", "pods/status"]
verbs: ["create", "patch", "get", "list", "watch", "delete"]
- apiGroups: ["apps"]
resources: ["deployments", "deployment/status"]
verbs: ["create", "patch", "get", "list", "update", "watch", "delete"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["persistentvolumes", "persistentvolumeclaims"]
verbs: ["create", "patch", "get", "list", "watch", "delete"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["services"]
verbs: ["create", "patch", "get", "list", "watch", "delete"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["secrets"]
verbs: ["create", "patch", "get", "list", "watch", "delete"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["endpoints"]
verbs: ["get", "list"]
- apiGroups: ["networking.k8s.io"]
resources: ["ingresses"]
verbs: ["create", "patch", "get", "list", "watch", "delete"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: full-access-binding
namespace: target
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: controller-service-account
namespace: manager
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: full-access-role
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
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