SAS Viy4 deployment using Kubernetes : Clusterwide and cluster local permissions.

thesasuser — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:07:37 GMT

Hello
I am looking at the Deployment of SAS Viya4 on Open Shift using Kubernetes. (https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/itopscdc/v_056/dplyml0phy0dkr/p127f6y30iimr6n17x2xe9vlt54q.htm#p0n0x0jvog312an1wggpgnam1jsw )
I am looking at the steps 3,4 and 5
Step (Steps 2 and 3) say "As an administrator with cluster permissions, run"
In another step (step 4) it says "As an administrator with local cluster permissions"
In yet another step (step 5) it says "As an administrator with namespace permissions, run ".
My question is are "administrators with cluster permission" and "administrators with cluster local permissions" different?

Re: SAS Viy4 deployment using Kubernetes : Clusterwide and cluster local permissions.

EdoardoRiva — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:29:56 GMT

Short answer: in practice, yes, it's always the cluster-admin role, except step #5.

Longer answer: these roles are covered in the official documentation at https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/itopscdc/v_071/itopssr/n0bqwd5t5y2va7n1u9xb57lfa9wx.htm?fromDefault=#p1k3qfmhk89mean1oifoisoflaj8 and explained with more details in this community article: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/What-Kubernetes-permissions-do-I-need-to-deploy-and-maintain-SAS/ta-p/910802

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