# Set Authorization

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## Flags

| Flag                        | Type/Options | Default | Description                          |
| --------------------------- | ------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------ |
| --authorization-enabled     | string       | false   | Enable authorization configuration   |
| --authorization-policy-data | string       | ""      | Set authorization policy data        |
| --authorization-policy-file | string       | ""      | set authorization policy filename    |
| --authorization-url         | string url   | ""      | Set authorization policy loading url |
| --authorization-auto-reload | int          | 0       | Set auto reload policy data from url |

## Examples

Set predefined authorization rules policy where policy.json is json array of access control rules:

```bash
kubemqctl create cluster --authorization-enabled --authorization-policy-file ./policy.json
```

Set authorization web service rules source:

```bash
kubemqctl create cluster --authorization-enabled --authorization-url "http://your.url.rules/" --authorization-auto-reload 120
```

KubeMQ will call "<http://your.url.rules>" every 120 seconds and pulls the Authorization policy json array
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{% tab title="Helm" %}

## Values

| Value                    | Type/Options | Default | Description                                           |
| ------------------------ | ------------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| authorization.PolicyData | string       | ""      | Set Authorization policy data                         |
| authorization.url        | string url   | ""      | Set Optional authorization server url for policy data |
| authorization.autoReload | int          | 0       | Set auto reload policy data from url                  |

## Examples

Set predefined authorization rules policy where policy.json is json array of access control rules:

```bash
helm install kubemq-cluster --set-file authorization.policyData=./policy.json kubemq-charts/kubemq
```

Set authorization web service rules source:

```bash
helm install kubemq-cluster --set authorization.url="http://your.url.rules/",authorization.autoReload=120 kubemq-charts/kubemq
```

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{% tab title="kubectl" %}

## Fields

| Field      | Type/Options | Default | Description                                           |
| ---------- | ------------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| policyData | string       | ""      | Set Authorization policy data                         |
| url        | string url   | ""      | Set Optional authorization server url for policy data |
| autoReload | int          | 0       | Set auto reload policy data from url                  |

## Examples

Set predefined authorization rules policy where policy.json is json array of access control rules:

Run:

```bash
kubectl apply -f {below-yaml-file}
```

```yaml
apiVersion: core.k8s.kubemq.io/v1alpha1
kind: KubemqCluster
metadata:
  name: kubemq-cluster
  namesapce: kubemq
  labels:
    app: kubemq-cluster
spec:
  replicas: 3
  authorization:
    policy: |-
      [
         {
            "ClientID":"client-1",
            "Events":true,
            "EventsStore": false,
            "Queues": false,
            "Commands": false,
            "Queries": false,
            "Channel":"foo.bar.1",
            "Read":false,
            "Write": true
         },
         {
            "ClientID":"client-2",
            "Events":true,
            "EventsStore": false,
            "Queues": false,
            "Commands": false,
            "Queries": false,
            "Channel":"foo.bar.2",
            "Read":false,
            "Write": true
         },
      ]
```

Set authorization web service rules source:

Run:

```bash
kubectl apply -f {below-yaml-file}
```

```yaml
apiVersion: core.k8s.kubemq.io/v1alpha1
kind: KubemqCluster
metadata:
  name: kubemq-cluster
  namesapce: kubemq
  labels:
    app: kubemq-cluster
spec:
  replicas: 3
  authorization:
    url: "http://your.url.rules/"
    autoReload: 120
```

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{% hint style="info" %}
[Learn Access Control - Authorization Feature](/learn/access-control/authorization.md)
{% endhint %}


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