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Long-lived ServiceAccount token Secret

Scenario cka-arc-004 · about 6 minutes · 5 points · 6 grader checks

Create a ServiceAccount and a controller-populated long-lived token Secret bound to it.

  • serviceaccount
  • secret
  • token
  • authentication

What you will practise

  • Create a ServiceAccount
  • Create a kubernetes.io/service-account-token Secret bound to a ServiceAccount
  • Understand the difference between long-lived token Secrets and kubectl create token

Start this lab

With the CLI installed and signed in, this command provisions a single node cluster on your Mac, applies the scenario setup and prints the task below.

goldenkube start cka-arc-004

Task

The task text exactly as the CLI shows it. Solve it on the cluster, then run goldenkube submit.

Create a namespace "automation" and, in it, a ServiceAccount named "ci". Then create a long-lived token for it: a Secret named "ci-token" in the namespace "automation" of type kubernetes.io/service-account-token, annotated so that it belongs to the ServiceAccount "ci". The Secret must be populated with a token by the control plane.

Requirements and details

Certification
CKA · Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Domain
Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration
Difficulty
Easy
Cluster topology
Single node
Cluster features
None beyond the base cluster
Recommended time
6 minutes
Points
5
Grader checks
6
Kubernetes version
1.37
Minimum CLI version
0.1.0
Scenario version
1
Published

Grading runs locally: 6 state checks read your cluster when you submit; the scenario passes when every check passes. Hints, the reference solution and the check definitions are available only inside the CLI, not on this page.

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