Paralus

Paralus is a free, open source tool that enables controlled, audited access to Kubernetes infrastructure. It comes with just-in-time service account creation and user-level credential management that integrates with your RBAC and SSO. Ships as a GUI, API, and CLI.

It eliminates the burden of having to configure and manage Kubernetes Role Based Access Control cluster by cluster. Streamline and consolidate access control for your fleet of clusters spanning different operating environments, different clouds (EKS, AKS, etc.), and on-premises data centers operating behind firewalls. A single login gives authorized users (e.g., developers, operations, contractors, etc.) seamless and secure access to all clusters with a native and familiar kubectl experience.

Getting Started

Installing and setting up Paralus takes less time than it takes to brew a (good) cup of coffee. You'll find the instructions here:

• Docs
• Installation

Features

• Creation of custom roles, users, and groups
• Dynamic and immediate changing and revoking of permissions
• Ability to control access via pre-configured roles across clusters, namespaces, projects, and more
• Seamless integration with Identity Providers (IdPs) allowing the use of external authentication engines for users and group definitions, such as GitHub, Google, Azure AD, Okta, and others
• Automatic logging of all user actions performed for audit and compliance purposes
• Flexible workflows with a modern web GUI, a CLI tool called pctl, and a Paralus API

Community & Support

• See Paralus website for the complete documentation and helpful links.
• Join our Slack workspace to get help and to discuss features.
• Tweet @paralus_ on Twitter.
• Create GitHub Issues to report bugs or request features.

Contributing

We 💖 our contributors! Have a look at our contributor guidelines to get started.

If you’re looking to add a new feature or functionality, create a new Issue.

You're also very welcome to look at the existing issues. If there’s something there that you’d like to work on help improving, leave a quick comment and we'll go from there!