Infra: A Promising Way To Manage Kubernetes Users
Kubernetes is not a secure platform. Its implementation in production requires the integration of several components to ensure its security and good operation by both administrators and users.
The management of cluster access is obviously an important point in the adoption of the platform. Several tools exist today to manage this critical security aspect. Infra is a new player in this field and deserves some attention.
What Is Infra?
Infra is an open source tool developed by InfraHQ to facilitate the access management to different platforms, starting with Kubernetes. The product is still in development at the time of writing this article, but it already has some interesting features (described in the next sections) to facilitate the adoption and use of Kubernetes.
Infra integrates with existing or new clusters thanks to its simple architecture, consisting mainly of five modules:
- Infra Server, the heart of the system and the single point of entry for all connection and configuration requests
- Infra Database, to store configuration and useful information such as connection history
- Infra Connector, the agent to be deployed on all Kubernetes clusters in order to manage access to them from the central…
