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Azure Kubernetes Service RBAC AdminAzure built-in role

Lets you manage all resources under cluster/namespace, except update or delete resource quotas and namespaces.

Role ID3498e952-d568-435e-9b2c-8d77e338d7f7
CategoryContainers
Actions5
Data actions1

Before you assign it

  • It reaches the data, not just the resource. It has 1 data action, such as reading blobs, secrets or messages.

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/operationresults/readGet the subscription operation results.
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/readGets the list of subscriptions.
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/listClusterUserCredential/actionList the clusterUser credential of a managed cluster

Data actions

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/*Every operation under Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters

Data actions it can't do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/resourcequotas/writeWrites resourcequotas
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/resourcequotas/deleteDeletes resourcequotas
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/namespaces/writeWrites namespaces
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/namespaces/deleteDeletes namespaces

Assign it

Scope it as tightly as you can: a resource or resource group rather than the whole subscription.

azure cli
az role assignment create \
  --assignee "jane.doe@contoso.com" \
  --role "Azure Kubernetes Service RBAC Admin" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Azure Kubernetes Service RBAC Admin" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '3498e952-d568-435e-9b2c-8d77e338d7f7')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '3498e952-d568-435e-9b2c-8d77e338d7f7')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "3498e952-d568-435e-9b2c-8d77e338d7f7"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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