Kubernetes · Authentication Profile

Kubernetes Authentication

Authentication

Kubernetes secures its APIs with http and mutualTLS across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: http, mutualTLS Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
clientCertificate mutualTLS

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/kubernetes-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - mutualTLS
schemes:
- name: bearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  bearerFormat: JWT
  description: Kubernetes service account token or user token issued by the cluster's authentication
    provider. Include in the Authorization header as 'Bearer <token>'.
  sources:
  - openapi/kubernetes-api-openapi.yml
- name: clientCertificate
  type: mutualTLS
  description: Client certificate authentication using a TLS certificate issued by the cluster's
    certificate authority.
  sources:
  - openapi/kubernetes-api-openapi.yml