Kubernetes Service Accounts

Outcomes

In this lab you will learn how to: - Create a service account - Use a service account to access the Kubernetes API

Outline

1. Create a service account

$ kubectl create serviceaccount myserviceaccount

1. Create a pod that uses the service account

$ kubectl run mypod --image=nginx --serviceaccount=myserviceaccount

1. Get the token for the service account

$ kubectl get secret $(kubectl get serviceaccount myserviceaccount -o jsonpath='{.secrets[0].name}') -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 -d