website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/rbac.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)	rbac	2018-04-12	/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/rbac/	Manages authorization decisions, allowing admins to dynamically configure access policies through the Kubernetes API.		security fundamental

Manages authorization decisions, allowing admins to dynamically configure access policies through the {{< glossary_tooltip text="Kubernetes API" term_id="kubernetes-api" >}}.

RBAC utilizes four kinds of Kubernetes objects:

Role

Defines permission rules in a specific namespace.

ClusterRole

Defines permission rules cluster-wide.

RoleBinding

Grants the permissions defined in a role to a set of users in a specific namespace.

ClusterRoleBinding

Grants the permissions defined in a role to a set of users cluster-wide.

For more information, see RBAC.