RBAC in Kong Manager

As the Super Admin (or any Role with read and write access to the and /rbac endpoints), it is possible to create new Roles and customize Permissions.

In Kong Manager, RBAC affects how Admins are able to navigate through the application.

When a Super Admin starts Kong for the first time, the default Workspace will include three default Roles: , admin, and super-admin. The three Roles have Permissions related to every Workspace in the cluster.

Similarly, if a Role is confined to certain Workspaces, the Admin assigned to it will not be able to see either the overview or links to other Workspaces.

RBAC in Workspaces

RBAC Roles and Permissions will be specific to a Workspace if they are assigned from within one. For example, if there are two Workspaces, Payments and Deliveries, an Admin created in Payments will not have access to any endpoints in Deliveries.

When a Super Admin creates a new Workspace, there are three default Roles that mirror the cluster-level Roles, and a fourth unique to each Workspace: , workspace-admin, workspace-super-admin, and .