# Kubernetes Authentication: Users and Workload Identities

DevFeed: [Kubernetes Authentication: Users and Workload Identities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kubernetes-authentication-users-and-workload-identities-19129.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://learnkube.com/authentication-kubernetes>)

Author: Arthur Chiao

Published: 2022-06-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Learnk8s](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/learnk8s.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [OpenID connect (OIDC)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oidc.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-server.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [kubectl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubectl.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [oidc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oidc.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tokens.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how Kubernetes authenticates users and workloads when they access the Kubernetes API server. It introduces authentication as the process of identifying requesters, distinguishes it from authorization, and discusses access through kubectl and REST calls, including Service Accounts, projected tokens, OIDC, and workload identity.

## Source excerpt

Explore how the Kubernetes API server authenticates users and workloads with Service Accounts, projected tokens, OIDC, and workload identity.