Kubernetes access integration

Secure Access toKubernetes

Adaptive's Kubernetes integration unlocks credential-less and audited access to your K8s cluster without sharing secrets.

Kubernetes

How Adaptive works with Kubernetes

Adaptive's Kubernetes integration unlocks credential-less and audited access to your K8s cluster without sharing secrets.

Use Kubernetes with Adaptive to give platform engineers, SRE teams, vendors and automation a governed workflow for clusters, namespaces and Kubernetes workloads. Instead of relying on shared kubeconfig files, client certificates and cluster-admin credentials, teams get identity-aware controls and a connected record for review.

Adaptive brokers cluster access for an approved identity and time window without distributing reusable kubeconfig credentials.

Every request is evaluated against the cluster scope and permissions approved for each identity. Teams can then use evidence covering kubectl sessions and administrative actions without piecing together identity, approval and resource records from separate systems.

Access controls

What Adaptive adds to Kubernetes

No shared kubeconfigs

For Kubernetes, give operators a brokered path to clusters without distributing reusable kubeconfig credentials or client certificates.

Time-bound cluster access

For Kubernetes, limit access to the approved cluster and task, with automatic expiry after the requested window.

Auditable kubectl activity

For Kubernetes, tie administrative activity back to an authenticated identity for incident response and compliance evidence.

Implementation model

How access works

Keep the tools your team already uses while Adaptive provides the identity, policy, approval and audit layer around Kubernetes.

1
Connect the cluster
Add the managed cluster to Adaptive without exposing its control plane credentials to users.
2
Set the policy
Define eligible identities, approval requirements, access duration and the permitted cluster scope.
3
Use kubectl
Approved engineers work through their familiar Kubernetes tooling while Adaptive brokers access.
4
Audit the session
Review who entered the Kubernetes, when access was approved and what occurred during the session.

Common workflows

Use cases for Kubernetes

Production incident response
Temporary vendor cluster access
SRE and platform operations
Governed automation against Kubernetes APIs

FAQ

Kubernetes integration questions

What does the Adaptive Kubernetes integration do?

Adaptive's Kubernetes integration unlocks credential-less and audited access to your K8s cluster without sharing secrets.

How does Adaptive protect access to Kubernetes?

Adaptive brokers cluster access for an approved identity and time window without distributing reusable kubeconfig credentials. Adaptive evaluates access against the cluster scope and permissions approved for each identity and records kubectl sessions and administrative actions for review.

Who can use the Kubernetes integration?

The integration is designed for platform engineers, SRE teams, vendors and automation. Access can be limited by identity, resource, approval status and time window.

What audit evidence is available for Kubernetes?

Adaptive connects the authenticated identity and approval context with kubectl sessions and administrative actions, giving security and compliance teams one record to investigate and review.

Kubernetes