# Tutorial: Authentication and Authorization for Kubernetes

DevFeed: [Tutorial: Authentication and Authorization for Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tutorial-authentication-and-authorization-for-kubernetes-29576.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/authn-authz-tutorial-kubernetes/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Lukonde Mwila)

Published: 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-server.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [authn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authn.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [authz](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authz.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [crud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crud.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permissions.md>), [scheduler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduler.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains the difference between authentication and authorization in Kubernetes. It describes how the Kubernetes API server validates the identity of users or other entities and checks whether they have permission to perform requested operations.

## Source excerpt

The difference between who gets to access (AuthN) a Kubernetes cluster and what they can do with those permissions (AuthZ)