Update OIDC configuration in Headlamp documentation and Talos config to use preferred_username claim instead of email. Added troubleshooting steps for "Unauthorized" errors related to OIDC token validation.

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Nikholas Pcenicni
2026-05-14 19:15:47 -04:00
parent 817849ee3c
commit bb0bd4ca90
3 changed files with 13 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ kubectl -n headlamp create token headlamp --duration=48h
Paste the printed JWT into Headlamps token field at **`https://headlamp.apps.noble.lab.pcenicni.dev`**. Paste the printed JWT into Headlamps token field at **`https://headlamp.apps.noble.lab.pcenicni.dev`**.
## OIDC: still “Unauthorized” while pod logs look fine
Headlamp logs like **“Request completed successfully”** for **`/plugins`** or static assets do **not** prove cluster API auth. After SSO, calls such as **`/clusters/main/version`** or **`…/selfsubjectrulesreviews`** use your **OIDC id_token**; **kube-apiserver** must validate it ([Kubernetes OIDC](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#openid-connect-tokens)).
1. **Confirm API server flags** match **`talos/talconfig.yaml`** (same **`oidc-issuer-url`** and **`oidc-client-id: headlamp`** as Secret **`headlamp-oidc`** / Authentik app **headlamp**). On Talos, apply regenerated control-plane machine configs and roll nodes so **`kube-apiserver`** actually picks up **`oidc-*`** extraArgs.
2. **Inspect the id_token** (browser devtools → Headlamp storage / network, or Authentik “Preview”): **`aud`** must include **`headlamp`**; for this repos **`oidc-noble-admins-clusterrolebinding.yaml`**, **`groups`** must list **`noble-admins`** exactly (if missing, see **`noble_authentik_headlamp_oidc_scopes`** and **`ansible/roles/noble_authentik/README.md`**).
3. **API server logs** often spell out the failure (**invalid bearer token**, wrong **audience**, unknown **issuer**). Check **`kube-apiserver`** logs on a control-plane node if steps 12 look correct.
4. **`oidc: email not verified`**: with **`oidc-username-claim: email`**, the API server rejects **`email_verified: false`**. Either set **`oidc-username-claim`** to a non-email claim (this repo uses **`preferred_username`** in **`talos/talconfig.yaml`**) or make Authentik issue **`email_verified: true`** for that user.
To use another duration (cluster `spec.serviceAccount` / admission limits may cap it): To use another duration (cluster `spec.serviceAccount` / admission limits may cap it):
```bash ```bash

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@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@ patches:
extraArgs: extraArgs:
oidc-issuer-url: https://auth.apps.noble.lab.pcenicni.dev/application/o/headlamp/ oidc-issuer-url: https://auth.apps.noble.lab.pcenicni.dev/application/o/headlamp/
oidc-client-id: headlamp oidc-client-id: headlamp
oidc-username-claim: email # Not "email": kube-apiserver rejects tokens when email_verified is false; Authentik often emits that.
oidc-username-claim: preferred_username
oidc-groups-claim: groups oidc-groups-claim: groups

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@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@ patches:
extraArgs: extraArgs:
oidc-issuer-url: https://auth.apps.noble.lab.pcenicni.dev/application/o/headlamp/ oidc-issuer-url: https://auth.apps.noble.lab.pcenicni.dev/application/o/headlamp/
oidc-client-id: headlamp oidc-client-id: headlamp
oidc-username-claim: email # Not "email": kube-apiserver rejects tokens when email_verified is false; Authentik often emits that.
oidc-username-claim: preferred_username
oidc-groups-claim: groups oidc-groups-claim: groups