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Giant Swarm Authentication

Authentication

Authentication methods for Giant Swarm platform API and workload clusters

Giant Swarm declares 2 security scheme(s) across its OpenAPI definitions.

CompanyKubernetesPlatform EngineeringCloud-NativeObservabilityDeveloper PlatformMulti-Cloud
Methods: Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

OAuth2 via Dex oauth2
· flows:
Service Account Token jwt

Source

Authentication Profile

giant-swarm-authentication.yml Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-10-18'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (deepseek)
source: https://docs.giantswarm.io/overview/architecture/authentication/
sources:
- https://docs.giantswarm.io/overview/architecture/authentication/
- https://docs.giantswarm.io/overview/agent-platform/authentication/
- https://docs.giantswarm.io/tutorials/access-management/authentication/user/
- https://docs.giantswarm.io/tutorials/access-management/authentication/automation/
description: Authentication methods for Giant Swarm platform API and workload clusters
schemes:
- type: oauth2
  name: OAuth2 via Dex
  evidence: To grant access to it, Giant Swarm sets up a dex instance in the management cluster.
  flows:
  - authorization_code
- type: jwt
  name: Service Account Token
  evidence: Every Giant Swarm management cluster provides a service account named automation in the default namespace.
  header: Authorization
  location: header
  how_to_obtain: kubectl --context gs-INSTALLATION --namespace default get secret SECRET_NAME -o jsonpath = '{.data.token}' | base64 --decode
docs: https://docs.giantswarm.io/overview/architecture/authentication/, https://docs.giantswarm.io/tutorials/access-management/authentication/user/,
  https://docs.giantswarm.io/tutorials/access-management/authentication/automation/
note: The documentation describes OAuth2 authentication via Dex for interactive user access and JWT tokens from service accounts for automation.
  The pages mention Dex connectors but don't specify exact OAuth URLs, scopes, or flows beyond authorization_code. For workload clusters, OIDC
  is mentioned but not detailed as an authentication scheme.

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