id: rbac
name: RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
full-link: /docs/admin/authorization/rbac/
tags:
- security
- fundamental
short-description: >
  Manages authorization decisions, allowing admins to dynamically configure access policies through the {% glossary_tooltip text="Kubernetes API" term_id="kubernetes-api" %}.
long-description: >
  RBAC utilizes *roles*, which contain permission rules, and *role bindings*, which grant the permissions defined in a role to a set of users.