manage-access

name	manage-access
description	Manage Kube-DC organization groups and RBAC — create OrganizationGroup resources to map user groups to Kubernetes roles per project. Note that user management is UI-only (Keycloak).

Prerequisites

• Organization must exist and be Ready
• Organization namespace: {org}

Key Concepts

• OrganizationGroup — Maps a group of users to specific Kubernetes roles in specific projects
• Users — Managed exclusively via Kube-DC console UI (Keycloak). No User CRD exists. If asked to manage users, direct them to the UI.
• Roles — Standard roles auto-created per project: admin, developer, project-manager, user

Create OrganizationGroup

apiVersion: kube-dc.com/v1
kind: OrganizationGroup
metadata:
  name: {group-name}
  namespace: {org}              # MUST be in the organization namespace
spec:
  permissions:
    - project: {project-1}
      roles:
        - developer             # Full CRUD on VMs and workloads
    - project: {project-2}
      roles:
        - admin                 # Full admin access
    - project: {project-3}
      roles:
        - project-manager       # Read-only + console/VNC

See @org-group-template.yaml

Standard Roles

Role	Access Level
admin	Full admin access to the project
developer	CRUD on VMs, workloads, databases, networking
project-manager	Read-only + console/VNC access
user	Basic read access

Custom roles can also be referenced if a Kubernetes Role exists in the target project namespace.

Controller Lifecycle

1. On create → Keycloak group created + RoleBindings in each project namespace
2. On update → RoleBindings reconciled (added/removed as permissions change)
3. On delete → Keycloak group + all RoleBindings removed

List Groups

kubectl get organizationgroup -n {org}
kubectl describe organizationgroup {group-name} -n {org}

Update Permissions

Edit the OrganizationGroup to add/remove project-role mappings:

kubectl edit organizationgroup {group-name} -n {org}

User Management (UI Only)

Users are managed via the Kube-DC console:

• Create user → Manage Organization → Users → Create User
• Assign to groups → Users → Assign Groups
• Approve join requests → Users → Pending Requests
• Delete user → Users tab in the UI

Agents CANNOT create, delete, or modify users via kubectl.

Verification

After creating an OrganizationGroup:

# 1. Check group was created
kubectl get organizationgroup {group-name} -n {org}
# Expected: resource exists

# 2. Check RoleBindings were created in project namespaces
kubectl get rolebinding -n {org}-{project-1} | grep {group-name}
# Expected: RoleBinding for each project-role pair

# 3. Check group status/conditions
kubectl describe organizationgroup {group-name} -n {org}
# Expected: no error events, conditions show reconciled

Success: OrganizationGroup exists, RoleBindings present in target project namespaces. Failure:

• RoleBindings missing: check referenced projects exist
• Events show errors: referenced role may not exist in the project namespace

Safety

• OrganizationGroups MUST be in the organization namespace, not a project namespace
• Never attempt to create or manage users via kubectl — direct to UI
• Validate that referenced projects exist before creating the group
• Validate that referenced roles exist in the target project namespace