argoproj / argoproj/argo-workflows

Fine-grained RBAC for Argo Server

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area/server area/sso-rbac type/security
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Description

# Summary

The current model of RBAC leans heavily on Kubernetes RBAC, so is easy to make secure, but may not scale well.

Consider the situation where you have 1000s teams and 1000s namespace. At the very least you may need a OIDC group for each namespace, and then a service account, role and role binding.

It maybe better to use Casbin (or similar) to provide a more flexible way to configure this.

# Use Cases

When would you use this?

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by reviewing Argo Server's current Kubernetes RBAC model and the unresolved discussion about Casbin or a similar policy system; done requires agreed use cases and a defined fine-grained RBAC design.

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Assessment

Tech stack
kubernetes
Domain
authorization, backend, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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