docs/doc/source/security/kubernetes/overview-of-system-accounts.rst

Linux User Accounts

A brief description of the system accounts available in a system.

Sysadmin Local Linux Account

This is a local, per-host, sudo-enabled account created automatically when a new host is provisioned. It is used by the primary system administrator for , as it has extended privileges.

See The sysadmin Account <the-sysadmin-account> for more details.

Local Linux User Accounts

Local Linux User Accounts should NOT be created since they are used for internal system purposes.

Local LDAP Linux User Accounts

These are local LDAP accounts that are centrally managed across all hosts in the cluster. These accounts are intended to provide additional admin level user accounts (in addition to sysadmin) that can SSH to the nodes of the and/or access its Kubernetes cluster.

See Local LDAP Linux User Accounts <local-ldap-linux-user-accounts> and Manage Composite Local LDAP Accounts at Scale <manage-local-ldap-39fe3a85a528> for more details.

Note

For security reasons, it is recommended that ONLY admin level users be allowed to to the nodes of the . Non-admin level users should strictly use remote or remote web GUIs.

For more information, refer to the following:

the-sysadmin-account local-ldap-linux-user-accounts create-ldap-linux-accounts create-ldap-linux-groups-4c94045f8ee0 delete-ldap-linux-accounts-7de0782fbafd remote-access-for-linux-accounts password-recovery-for-linux-user-accounts estabilish-credentials-for-linux-user-accounts establish-keystone-credentials-from-a-linux-account starlingx-openstack-kubernetes-from-stsadmin-account-login kubernetes-cli-from-local-ldap-linux-account-login manage-local-ldap-39fe3a85a528