Tweaked some wording, updated the cli page

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Margo Crawford 2021-03-16 14:09:53 -07:00
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@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ to be passed on to clusters based on the user information from the IDP.
1. The Pinniped Concierge is a credential exchange API which takes as input a
credential from an identity source (e.g., Pinniped Supervisor, proprietary IDP),
authenticates the user via that credential, and returns another credential which is
understood by the host Kubernetes cluster.
understood by the host Kubernetes cluster or by an impersonation proxy which acts
on behalf of the user.
![Pinniped Architecture Sketch](/docs/img/pinniped_architecture_concierge_supervisor.svg)
@ -97,8 +98,7 @@ issue short-lived cluster certificates. (In the future, when the Kubernetes CSR
provides a way to issue short-lived certificates, then the Pinniped credential exchange API
will use that instead of using the cluster's signing keypair.)
* Impersonation Proxy: Pinniped hosts an [impersonation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#user-impersonation)
proxy that performs actions on behalf of the end user. The impersonation proxy accepts and modifies user requests before passing them through to the
Kubernetes API server.
proxy that sends requests to the Kubernetes API server with user information and permissions based on a token.
## kubectl Integration

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@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ pinniped get kubeconfig [flags]
- `--concierge-authenticator-type string`:
Concierge authenticator type (e.g., 'webhook', 'jwt') (default: autodiscover)
- `--concierge-mode`:
Concierge mode of operation (e.g. 'ImpersonationProxy', 'TokenCredentialRequestAPI')(default: TokenCredentialRequestAPI)
- `--kubeconfig string`:
Path to kubeconfig file