Enable authorization in AKS
Summary and Key concepts
Summary
This article guides users on how to enable and configure Portworx authorization within a Kubernetes cluster using the Portworx Operator. It explains how to enable security in the StorageCluster
specification, either using environment variables or an auto-generated secret system. The guide also covers migrating from using environment variables to defining security settings in the StorageCluster
spec and how to upgrade from a non-authenticated to an authenticated Portworx environment. Additionally, it provides detailed instructions for different Kubernetes distributions on creating necessary Kubernetes secrets for security keys and enabling authorization.
Kubernetes Concepts
Portworx Concepts
Before proceeding with this document, please review the Security model used by Portworx.
- For a step by step setup of guide of how to enable Portworx authorization, please see Securing your Portworx system.
- The following will be a cluster level interruption event while all the nodes in the system come back online with security enabled.