kserve: RBAC¶

ServiceAccount bindings, roles, and resource permissions.

RBAC Overview¶

This component defines a large RBAC surface (113 diagram lines). The graph below groups roles by permission scope.

graph LR
    classDef wide fill:#e74c3c,stroke:#c0392b,color:#fff
    classDef medium fill:#f39c12,stroke:#d68910,color:#fff
    classDef narrow fill:#2ecc71,stroke:#27ae60,color:#fff
    classDef subject fill:#3498db,stroke:#2980b9,color:#fff

    subgraph wide["Wide Scope (>30 resources)"]
    kserve_manager_role["kserve-manager-role\n42 resources"]:::wide
    end
    subgraph nar["Narrow Scope (<10)"]
    kserve_proxy_role["kserve-proxy-role\n2 resources"]:::narrow
    kserve_leader_election_role["kserve-leader-election-role\n4 resources"]:::narrow
    end

    subj_kserve_controller_manager["kserve-controller-manager\nServiceAccount"]:::subject
    subj_kserve_controller_manager -->|binds| kserve_manager_role
    subj_kserve_controller_manager -->|binds| kserve_proxy_role
    subj_kserve_controller_manager -->|binds| kserve_leader_election_role

Bindings¶

Subject-to-role mappings defining who has access to what.

Binding	Type	Role	Subject
kserve-manager-rolebinding	ClusterRoleBinding	kserve-manager-role	ServiceAccount/kserve-controller-manager
kserve-proxy-rolebinding	ClusterRoleBinding	kserve-proxy-role	ServiceAccount/kserve-controller-manager
kserve-leader-election-rolebinding	RoleBinding	kserve-leader-election-role	ServiceAccount/kserve-controller-manager

Role Details¶

Per-rule breakdown of API groups, resources, and verbs for each role.

Role	Kind	Resources	Verbs
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	configmaps	create, get, update
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	events, services	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	namespaces, pods	get, list, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	secrets, serviceaccounts	get
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	mutatingwebhookconfigurations, validatingwebhookconfigurations	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	deployments	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	horizontalpodautoscalers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	httproutes	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	scaledobjects, scaledobjects/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	scaledobjects/status	get, patch, update
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	virtualservices, virtualservices/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	virtualservices/status	get, patch, update
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	ingresses	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	opentelemetrycollectors, opentelemetrycollectors/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	opentelemetrycollectors/status	get, patch, update
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	services, services/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	services/status	get, patch, update
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	clusterservingruntimes, clusterservingruntimes/finalizers, clusterstoragecontainers, inferencegraphs, inferencegraphs/finalizers, inferenceservices, inferenceservices/finalizers, servingruntimes, servingruntimes/finalizers, trainedmodels	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	clusterservingruntimes/status, inferencegraphs/status, inferenceservices/status, servingruntimes/status, trainedmodels/status	get, patch, update
kserve-manager-role	ClusterRole	localmodelcaches, localmodelnamespacecaches	get, list, watch
kserve-proxy-role	ClusterRole	tokenreviews	create
kserve-proxy-role	ClusterRole	subjectaccessreviews	create
kserve-leader-election-role	Role	leases	create, get, list, update
kserve-leader-election-role	Role	configmaps	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
kserve-leader-election-role	Role	configmaps/status	get, update, patch
kserve-leader-election-role	Role	events	create

Cluster Roles¶

Name	Resources	Verbs	Source
kserve-manager-role	configmaps	create, get, update	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	events, services	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	namespaces, pods	get, list, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	secrets, serviceaccounts	get	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	mutatingwebhookconfigurations, validatingwebhookconfigurations	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	deployments	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	horizontalpodautoscalers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	httproutes	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	scaledobjects, scaledobjects/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	scaledobjects/status	get, patch, update	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	virtualservices, virtualservices/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	virtualservices/status	get, patch, update	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	ingresses	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	opentelemetrycollectors, opentelemetrycollectors/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	opentelemetrycollectors/status	get, patch, update	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	services, services/finalizers	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	services/status	get, patch, update	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	clusterservingruntimes, clusterservingruntimes/finalizers, clusterstoragecontainers, inferencegraphs, inferencegraphs/finalizers, inferenceservices, inferenceservices/finalizers, servingruntimes, servingruntimes/finalizers, trainedmodels	create, delete, get, list, patch, update, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	clusterservingruntimes/status, inferencegraphs/status, inferenceservices/status, servingruntimes/status, trainedmodels/status	get, patch, update	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-manager-role	localmodelcaches, localmodelnamespacecaches	get, list, watch	`config/rbac/role.yaml`
kserve-proxy-role	tokenreviews	create	`config/rbac/auth_proxy_role.yaml`
kserve-proxy-role	subjectaccessreviews	create	`config/rbac/auth_proxy_role.yaml`

Kubebuilder RBAC Markers¶

Kubebuilder +kubebuilder:rbac markers declare the RBAC requirements of controller reconcilers. These are the source of truth for generated ClusterRole manifests. 28 markers found.

File	Line	Groups	Resources	Verbs
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:89`	89	serving.kserve.io	llminferenceservices	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:90`	90	serving.kserve.io	llminferenceservices/status	get, update, patch
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:91`	91	serving.kserve.io	llminferenceservices/finalizers	update
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:92`	92	serving.kserve.io	llminferenceserviceconfigs	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:93`	93	serving.kserve.io	llminferenceserviceconfigs/finalizers	update
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:94`	94	apps	deployments	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:95`	95	leaderworkerset.x-k8s.io	leaderworkersets	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:96`	96	core	services	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:97`	97	core	secrets	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:98`	98	networking.k8s.io	ingresses	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:99`	99	gateway.networking.k8s.io	httproutes, gateways, gatewayclasses	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:100`	100	inference.networking.x-k8s.io	inferencepools, inferenceobjectives, inferencemodels, inferencemodelrewrites, inferencepoolimports	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:101`	101	inference.networking.k8s.io	inferencepools, inferenceobjectives, inferencemodels	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:102`	102	core	pods	get, list, watch
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:103`	103	core	serviceaccounts	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:104`	104	rbac.authorization.k8s.io	roles, rolebindings, clusterrolebindings	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:105`	105	discovery.k8s.io	endpointslices	get, list, watch
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:106`	106	authentication.k8s.io	tokenreviews, subjectaccessreviews	create
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:107`	107			get
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:108`	108	""	events	create, patch, update
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:109`	109	""	configmaps	get, list, watch
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:110`	110	apiextensions.k8s.io	customresourcedefinitions	get, list, watch
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:111`	111	apiextensions.k8s.io	customresourcedefinitions/status	update, patch
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:112`	112	authorization.k8s.io	subjectaccessreviews	create
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:113`	113	autoscaling	horizontalpodautoscalers	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:114`	114	llmd.ai	variantautoscalings	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:115`	115	keda.sh	scaledobjects	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete
`pkg/controller/v1alpha2/llmisvc/controller.go:116`	116	coordination.k8s.io	leases	get, list, watch, create, update, patch, delete