Implementing OpenID Connect Authentication for Kubernetes with Okta and NGINX Ingress Controller
Implementing OpenID Connect Authentication for Kubernetes with Okta and NGINX Ingress Controller We’ve written many times about how important it is to secure your apps and APIs in today’s climate of ransomware and bot‑driven attacks. Along with mechanisms like web application firewall (WAF), authenticating user identities and enforcing authorization controls are important ways to protect your business applications. The most direct way to implement authentication and authorization is in the applications themselves. While this can work when your user base is small and your app doesn’t require frequent updates, it quickly becomes untenable at scale. For one thing, when your users have to remember a different account name and password for each of many apps, they’re often greeted with frustrating “incorrect username or password” messages when trying to log in, leading them to resort to insecure solutions like easily guessed [ more… ]
