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CSM for Authorization provides storage and Kubernetes administrators the ability to apply RBAC for Dell CSI Drivers. This is achieved by deploying a proxy between the CSI driver and the PowerFlex system to enforce role-based access and usage rules.
Authorization Module - Installs the proxy server, ingress controllers certificate manager and few additional, as part of the module deployment.
Proxy server - This pod forwards all storage requests made by the user applications to the CSM Authorization server.
Karavictl - This is a command line interface that is used to interact with the CSM Authorization module and configure user roles, tenants, and so on.
For more information about the Authorization module and architecture, see the Authorization and Authorization design documentation.