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Kasten - Openshift + AD Authentication

  • November 27, 2025
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marco_s
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Hi,

we have a customer with a VBR 12.3 and an Openshift 4.18 cluster.

The goal is to install Kasten through Openshift Operator and integrate it with VBR, using active directory authentication for Kasten dashboard access.

Note: Openshift is already using AD auth.

Reading the official Kasten documentation, I've found the AD auth section: https://docs.kasten.io/latest/access/au ... e_dir_auth

Now, I'm a little bit confused: do I have to setup Kasten with AD auth, or I can use Openshift auth since it is already integrated with AD? :?

Thanks

Marco S.

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Martin Jorge
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Hi Marco,

I think that your answer is in this link:
https://docs.kasten.io/8.0.8/access/authentication/#openshift-auth


marco_s
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  • November 27, 2025

Hi Martin,

where exactly? do you mean I should use Openshift auth? 

Thank you


Martin Jorge
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Thats right. K10 with the same auth as Openshift.


marco_s
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  • November 27, 2025

Perfect, I will try..thank you! 😊


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  • December 1, 2025

It’s documented in the link ​@Martin Jorge shared above, but to save you a bit of time, if you’ve installed via OpenShift Operator, you can edit the K10 operand YAML and add the following under the auth: section (assuming you used default values for route creation and namespace):

    openshift:
      dashboardURL: 'https://k10-route-kasten-io.apps.<FQDN>/k10/'
      enabled: true
      insecureCA: false
      openshiftURL: 'https://api.<FQDN>:6443'

 

If you’re using self-signed or untrusted certs on OpenShift, then change the insecureCA parameter above to true.