Merge pull request #5793 from zhzhuang-zju/register

minimize the RBAC permissions for the pull mode cluster

artifacts/deploy/bootstrap-token-configuration.yaml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ data:
     kind: Config
 
 ---
+# Define a role with permission to get the cluster-info configmap
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Role
 metadata:
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ rules:
   - get
 
 ---
+# An anonymous user can get `cluster-info` configmap, which is used to obtain the control plane API server's server
+# address and `certificate-authority-data` during the `karmadactl register` process.
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: RoleBinding
 metadata:
@@ -48,6 +51,8 @@ subjects:
   name: system:anonymous
 
 ---
+# Group `system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token` is the user group of the bootstrap token
+# used by `karmadactl register` when registering a new pull mode cluster.
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
@@ -64,6 +69,26 @@ subjects:
   name: system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token
 
 ---
+# Define a ClusterRole with permissions to automatically approve the agent CSRs when the agentcsrapproving controller is enabled by karmada-controller-manager.
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    karmada.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:autoapprover
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - certificates.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - certificatesigningrequests/clusteragent
+    verbs:
+      - create
+
+---
+# Group `system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token` is the user group of the bootstrap token
+# used by `karmadactl register` when registering a new pull mode cluster.
+# When the `agentcsrapproving` controller is enabled by the karmada-controller-manager,
+# it can automatically approve the agent CSRs requested by the user group system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token.
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
@@ -73,13 +98,33 @@ metadata:
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:nodeclient
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:autoapprover
 subjects:
 - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: Group
   name: system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token
 
 ---
+# Define a ClusterRole with permissions to automatically approve the agent CSRs
+# where the user name and group of requester match those in the CSRs when the agentcsrapproving controller is enabled by karmada-controller-manager.
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    karmada.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:selfautoapprover
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - certificates.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - certificatesigningrequests/selfclusteragent
+    verbs:
+      - create
+
+---
+# Group `system:karmada:agents` is the user group used by the karmada-agent to access the Karmada API server.
+# When the agentcsrapproving controller is enabled by the karmada-controller-manager, it can automatically approve
+# the agent CSRs(csr.Subject.CommonName = agent username) requested by the user group system:karmada:agents.
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
@@ -89,280 +134,39 @@ metadata:
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:selfnodeclient
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:selfautoapprover
 subjects:
 - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: Group
-  name: system:nodes
+  name: system:karmada:agents
 
 ---
+# ClusterRole `system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator` is not used for the connection between the karmada-agent and the control plane,
+# but is used by karmadactl register to generate the RBAC resources required by the karmada-agent.
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
     karmada.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
-  name: system:karmada:agent
+  name: system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator
 rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - cluster.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - clusters
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-  - delete
-- apiGroups:
-  - cluster.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - clusters/status
-  verbs:
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - work.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - works
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-  - update
-  - delete
-- apiGroups:
-  - work.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - works/status
-  verbs:
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - config.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - resourceinterpreterwebhookconfigurations
-  - resourceinterpretercustomizations
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - namespaces
-  verbs:
-  - get
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - secrets
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - create
-  - patch
-- apiGroups:
-  - coordination.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - leases
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - get
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - certificates.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - certificatesigningrequests
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - get
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - events
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - patch
-  - update
+  - apiGroups: ['*']
+    resources: ['*']
+    verbs: ['*']
 
 ---
+# User `system:karmada:agent:rbac-generator` is specifically used during the `karmadactl register` process to generate restricted RBAC resources for the `karmada-agent`.
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
     karmada.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
-  name: system:karmada:agent
+  name: system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: system:karmada:agent
+  name: system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator
 subjects:
-- apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: Group
-  name: system:nodes
-
-# To ensure the agent has the minimal RBAC permissions, the ideal approach is to
-# use different RBAC configurations for different agents of member clusters with pull mode.
-# Below is the minimal set of RBAC permissions required for a single pull mode member cluster.
-# Here are the definitions of the variables used:
-#
-# - clustername: the name of the member cluster.
-# - cluster_namespace: the namespace where the member cluster secrets are stored, default to karmada-cluster.
-#
-# ---
-# apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-# kind: ClusterRole
-# metadata:
-#   name: system:karmada:agent
-# rules:
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - cluster.karmada.io
-#   resources:
-#   - clusters
-#   resourceNames:
-#   - {{clustername}}
-#   verbs:
-#   - create
-#   - get
-#   - delete
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - cluster.karmada.io
-#   resources:
-#   - clusters
-#   verbs:
-#   - list
-#   - watch
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - cluster.karmada.io
-#   resources:
-#   - clusters/status
-#   resourceNames:
-#   - {{clustername}}
-#   verbs:
-#   - update
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - config.karmada.io
-#   resources:
-#   - resourceinterpreterwebhookconfigurations
-#   - resourceinterpretercustomizations
-#   verbs:
-#   - get
-#   - list
-#   - watch
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - ""
-#   resources:
-#   - namespaces
-#   verbs:
-#   - get
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - coordination.k8s.io
-#   resources:
-#   - leases
-#   verbs:
-#   - create
-#   - get
-#   - update
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - certificates.k8s.io
-#   resources:
-#   - certificatesigningrequests
-#   verbs:
-#   - create
-#   - get
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - ""
-#   resources:
-#   - events
-#   verbs:
-#   - create
-#   - patch
-#   - update
-#
-# ---
-# apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-# kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-# metadata:
-#   name: system:karmada:agent
-# roleRef:
-#   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-#   kind: ClusterRole
-#   name: system:karmada:agent
-# subjects:
-# - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-#   kind: Group
-#   name: system:nodes
-#
-# ---
-# apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-# kind: Role
-# metadata:
-#   name: system:karmada:agent-secret
-#   namespace: "{{cluster_namespace}}"
-# rules:
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - ""
-#   resources:
-#   - secrets
-#   resourceNames:
-#   - {{clustername}}-impersonator
-#   - {{clustername}}
-#   verbs:
-#   - get
-#   - create
-#   - patch
-#
-# ---
-# apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-# kind: RoleBinding
-# metadata:
-#   name: system:karmada:agent-secret
-#   namespace: "{{cluster_namespace}}"
-# roleRef:
-#   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-#   kind: Role
-#   name: system:karmada:agent-secret
-# subjects:
-# - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-#   kind: Group
-#   name: system:nodes
-#
-# ---
-# apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-# kind: Role
-# metadata:
-#   name: system:karmada:agent-work
-#   namespace: "karmada-es-{{clustername}}"
-# rules:
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - work.karmada.io
-#   resources:
-#   - works
-#   verbs:
-#   - create
-#   - get
-#   - list
-#   - watch
-#   - update
-#   - delete
-# - apiGroups:
-#   - work.karmada.io
-#   resources:
-#   - works/status
-#   verbs:
-#   - patch
-#   - update
-#
-# ---
-# apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-# kind: RoleBinding
-# metadata:
-#   name: system:karmada:agent-work
-#   namespace: "karmada-es-{{clustername}}"
-# roleRef:
-#   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-#   kind: Role
-#   name: system:karmada:agent-work
-# subjects:
-# - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-#   kind: Group
-#   name: system:nodes
+  - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+    kind: User
+    name: system:karmada:agent:rbac-generator

charts/karmada/templates/_karmada_bootstrap_token_configuration.tpl

@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ subjects:
   name: system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:autoapprover
+  {{- if "karmada.commonLabels" }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "karmada.commonLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - certificates.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - certificatesigningrequests/clusteragent
+  verbs:
+  - create
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: system:karmada:agent-autoapprove-bootstrap
@@ -85,13 +101,29 @@ metadata:
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:nodeclient
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:autoapprover
 subjects:
 - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: Group
   name: system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:selfautoapprover
+  {{- if "karmada.commonLabels" }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "karmada.commonLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - certificates.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - certificatesigningrequests/selfclusteragent
+  verbs:
+  - create
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: system:karmada:agent-autoapprove-certificate-rotation
@@ -102,124 +134,32 @@ metadata:
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:selfnodeclient
+  name: system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:selfautoapprover
 subjects:
 - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: Group
-  name: system:nodes
+  name: system:karmada:agents
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
-  name: system:karmada:agent
+  name: system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator
   {{- if "karmada.commonLabels" }}
   labels:
     {{- include "karmada.commonLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
-  - authentication.k8s.io
+  - "*"
   resources:
-  - tokenreviews
+  - "*"
   verbs:
-  - create
-- apiGroups:
-  - cluster.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - clusters
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - delete
-- apiGroups:
-  - cluster.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - clusters/status
-  verbs:
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - work.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - works
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-  - update
-  - delete
-- apiGroups:
-  - work.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - works/status
-  verbs:
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - config.karmada.io
-  resources:
-  - resourceinterpreterwebhookconfigurations
-  - resourceinterpretercustomizations
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - namespaces
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-  - create
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - secrets
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-  - create
-  - patch
-- apiGroups:
-  - coordination.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - leases
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - patch
-  - update
-- apiGroups:
-  - certificates.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - certificatesigningrequests
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - events
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - patch
-  - update
+  - "*"
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
-  name: system:karmada:agent
+  name: system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator
   {{- if "karmada.commonLabels" }}
   labels:
     {{- include "karmada.commonLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
@@ -227,9 +167,9 @@ metadata:
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   kind: ClusterRole
-  name: system:karmada:agent
+  name: system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator
 subjects:
 - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: Group
-  name: system:nodes
+  kind: User
+  name: system:karmada:agent:rbac-generator
 {{- end -}}

pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/bootstraptoken/agent/tlsbootstrap.go

@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ const (
 	// KarmadaAgentBootstrap defines the name of the ClusterRoleBinding that lets Karmada Agent post CSRs
 	KarmadaAgentBootstrap = "system:karmada:agent-bootstrap"
 	// KarmadaAgentGroup defines the group of Karmada Agent
-	KarmadaAgentGroup = "system:nodes"
+	KarmadaAgentGroup = "system:karmada:agents"
 	// KarmadaAgentAutoApproveBootstrapClusterRoleBinding defines the name of the ClusterRoleBinding that makes the csrapprover approve agent CSRs
 	KarmadaAgentAutoApproveBootstrapClusterRoleBinding = "system:karmada:agent-autoapprove-bootstrap"
 	// KarmadaAgentAutoApproveCertificateRotationClusterRoleBinding defines name of the ClusterRoleBinding that makes the csrapprover approve agent auto rotated CSRs
 	KarmadaAgentAutoApproveCertificateRotationClusterRoleBinding = "system:karmada:agent-autoapprove-certificate-rotation"
 	// CSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName defines the name of the auto-bootstrapped ClusterRole for making the csrapprover controller auto-approve the CSR
-	CSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName = "system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:nodeclient"
+	CSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName = "system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:autoapprover"
 	// KarmadaAgentSelfCSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName is a role for automatic CSR approvals for automatically rotated agent certificates
-	KarmadaAgentSelfCSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName = "system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:selfnodeclient"
+	KarmadaAgentSelfCSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName = "system:karmada:certificatesigningrequest:selfautoapprover"
 	// KarmadaAgentBootstrapTokenAuthGroup specifies which group a Karmada Agent Bootstrap Token should be authenticated in
 	KarmadaAgentBootstrapTokenAuthGroup = "system:bootstrappers:karmada:default-cluster-token"
 )
@@ -60,7 +60,18 @@ func AllowBootstrapTokensToPostCSRs(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) error {
 
 // AutoApproveKarmadaAgentBootstrapTokens creates RBAC rules in a way that makes Karmada Agent Bootstrap Tokens' CSR auto-approved by the csrapprover controller
 func AutoApproveKarmadaAgentBootstrapTokens(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) error {
-	klog.Infoln("[bootstrap-token] configured RBAC rules to allow the csrapprover controller automatically approve CSRs from a Karmada Agent Bootstrap Token")
+	klog.Infoln("[bootstrap-token] configured RBAC rules to allow the agentcsrapproving controller automatically approve CSRs from a Karmada Agent Bootstrap Token")
+	csrAutoApprovalClusterRole := utils.ClusterRoleFromRules(CSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName, []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+		{
+			APIGroups: []string{"certificates.k8s.io"},
+			Resources: []string{"certificatesigningrequests/clusteragent"},
+			Verbs:     []string{"create"},
+		},
+	}, nil, nil)
+	err := cmdutil.CreateOrUpdateClusterRole(clientSet, csrAutoApprovalClusterRole)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	clusterRoleBinding := utils.ClusterRoleBindingFromSubjects(KarmadaAgentAutoApproveBootstrapClusterRoleBinding, CSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName,
 		[]rbacv1.Subject{
@@ -75,6 +86,17 @@ func AutoApproveKarmadaAgentBootstrapTokens(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) erro
 // AutoApproveAgentCertificateRotation creates RBAC rules in a way that makes Agent certificate rotation CSR auto-approved by the csrapprover controller
 func AutoApproveAgentCertificateRotation(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) error {
 	klog.Infoln("[bootstrap-token] configured RBAC rules to allow certificate rotation for all agent client certificates in the member cluster")
+	karmadaAgentSelfCSRAutoApprovalClusterRole := utils.ClusterRoleFromRules(KarmadaAgentSelfCSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName, []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+		{
+			APIGroups: []string{"certificates.k8s.io"},
+			Resources: []string{"certificatesigningrequests/selfclusteragent"},
+			Verbs:     []string{"create"},
+		},
+	}, nil, nil)
+	err := cmdutil.CreateOrUpdateClusterRole(clientSet, karmadaAgentSelfCSRAutoApprovalClusterRole)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	clusterRoleBinding := utils.ClusterRoleBindingFromSubjects(KarmadaAgentAutoApproveCertificateRotationClusterRoleBinding, KarmadaAgentSelfCSRAutoApprovalClusterRoleName,
 		[]rbacv1.Subject{

pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/karmada/deploy.go

@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ func createExtraResources(clientSet *kubernetes.Clientset, dir string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating clusterinfo RBAC rules: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// grant limited access permission to 'karmada-agent'
-	if err := grantAccessPermissionToAgent(clientSet); err != nil {
+	// grant access permission to 'karmada-agent-rbac-generator'
+	if err := grantAccessPermissionToAgentRBACGenerator(clientSet); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 

pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/karmada/rbac.go

@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	karmadaViewClusterRole        = "karmada-view"
-	karmadaEditClusterRole        = "karmada-edit"
-	karmadaAgentAccessClusterRole = "system:karmada:agent"
-	karmadaAgentGroup             = "system:nodes"
+	karmadaViewClusterRole                      = "karmada-view"
+	karmadaEditClusterRole                      = "karmada-edit"
+	karmadaAgentRBACGeneratorClusterRole        = "system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator"
+	karmadaAgentRBACGeneratorClusterRoleBinding = "system:karmada:agent-rbac-generator"
+	agentRBACGenerator                          = "system:karmada:agent:rbac-generator"
 )
 
 // grantProxyPermissionToAdmin grants the proxy permission to "system:admin"
@@ -62,63 +63,13 @@ func grantProxyPermissionToAdmin(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// grantAccessPermissionToAgent grants the limited access permission to 'karmada-agent'
-func grantAccessPermissionToAgent(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) error {
-	clusterRole := utils.ClusterRoleFromRules(karmadaAgentAccessClusterRole, []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+// grantAccessPermissionToAgentRBACGenerator grants the access permission to 'karmada-agent-rbac-generator'
+func grantAccessPermissionToAgentRBACGenerator(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) error {
+	clusterRole := utils.ClusterRoleFromRules(karmadaAgentRBACGeneratorClusterRole, []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
 		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"authentication.k8s.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"tokenreviews"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"create"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"cluster.karmada.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"clusters"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"create", "get", "list", "watch", "patch", "update", "delete"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"cluster.karmada.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"clusters/status"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"patch", "update"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"work.karmada.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"works"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"create", "get", "list", "watch", "update", "delete"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"work.karmada.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"works/status"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"patch", "update"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"config.karmada.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"resourceinterpreterwebhookconfigurations", "resourceinterpretercustomizations"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"get", "list", "watch"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{""},
-			Resources: []string{"namespaces"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"get", "list", "watch", "create"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{""},
-			Resources: []string{"secrets"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"get", "list", "watch", "create", "patch"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"coordination.k8s.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"leases"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"create", "delete", "get", "patch", "update"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{"certificates.k8s.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"certificatesigningrequests"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"create", "get", "list", "watch"},
-		},
-		{
-			APIGroups: []string{""},
-			Resources: []string{"events"},
-			Verbs:     []string{"create", "patch", "update"},
+			APIGroups: []string{"*"},
+			Resources: []string{"*"},
+			Verbs:     []string{"*"},
 		},
 	}, nil, nil)
 	err := cmdutil.CreateOrUpdateClusterRole(clientSet, clusterRole)
@@ -126,14 +77,14 @@ func grantAccessPermissionToAgent(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	clusterRoleBinding := utils.ClusterRoleBindingFromSubjects(karmadaAgentAccessClusterRole, karmadaAgentAccessClusterRole,
+	clusterRoleBinding := utils.ClusterRoleBindingFromSubjects(karmadaAgentRBACGeneratorClusterRoleBinding, karmadaAgentRBACGeneratorClusterRole,
 		[]rbacv1.Subject{
 			{
-				Kind: rbacv1.GroupKind,
-				Name: karmadaAgentGroup,
+				Kind: rbacv1.UserKind,
+				Name: agentRBACGenerator,
 			}}, nil)
 
-	klog.V(1).Info("Grant the limited access permission to 'karmada-agent'")
+	klog.V(1).Info("Grant the access permission to 'karmada-agent-rbac-generator'")
 	err = cmdutil.CreateOrUpdateClusterRoleBinding(clientSet, clusterRoleBinding)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/karmada/rbac_test.go

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ func Test_grantProxyPermissionToAdmin(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_grantAccessPermissionToAgent(t *testing.T) {
 	client := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
-	if err := grantAccessPermissionToAgent(client); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("grantAccessPermissionToAgent() expected no error, but got err: %v", err)
+	if err := grantAccessPermissionToAgentRBACGenerator(client); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("grantAccessPermissionToAgentRBACGenerator() expected no error, but got err: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 

pkg/karmadactl/register/register.go

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/cluster/validation"
 	karmadaclientset "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned"
-	addonutils "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/karmadactl/addons/utils"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/karmadactl/options"
 	cmdutil "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/karmadactl/util"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/karmadactl/util/apiclient"
@@ -82,9 +81,11 @@ const (
 	// CACertPath defines default location of CA certificate on Linux
 	CACertPath = "/etc/karmada/pki/ca.crt"
 	// ClusterPermissionPrefix defines the common name of karmada agent certificate
-	ClusterPermissionPrefix = "system:node:"
+	ClusterPermissionPrefix = "system:karmada:agent:"
 	// ClusterPermissionGroups defines the organization of karmada agent certificate
-	ClusterPermissionGroups = "system:nodes"
+	ClusterPermissionGroups = "system:karmada:agents"
+	// AgentRBACGenerator defines the common name of karmada agent rbac generator certificate
+	AgentRBACGenerator = "system:karmada:agent:rbac-generator"
 	// KarmadaAgentBootstrapKubeConfigFileName defines the file name for the kubeconfig that the karmada-agent will use to do
 	// the TLS bootstrap to get itself an unique credential
 	KarmadaAgentBootstrapKubeConfigFileName = "bootstrap-karmada-agent.conf"
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ const (
 	KarmadaAgentName = "karmada-agent"
 	// KarmadaAgentServiceAccountName is the name of karmada-agent serviceaccount
 	KarmadaAgentServiceAccountName = "karmada-agent-sa"
-	// SignerName defines the signer name for csr, 'kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client-kubelet' can sign the csr automatically
-	SignerName = "kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client-kubelet"
+	// SignerName defines the signer name for csr, 'kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client' can sign the csr with `O=system:agents,CN=system:agent:` automatically if agentcsrapproving controller if enabled.
+	SignerName = "kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client"
 	// BootstrapUserName defines bootstrap user name
 	BootstrapUserName = "token-bootstrap-client"
 	// DefaultClusterName defines the default cluster name
@@ -260,6 +261,9 @@ type CommandRegisterOption struct {
 
 	memberClusterEndpoint string
 	memberClusterClient   *kubeclient.Clientset
+
+	// rbacResources contains RBAC resources that grant the necessary permissions for pull mode cluster to access to Karmada control plane.
+	rbacResources *RBACResources
 }
 
 // Complete ensures that options are valid and marshals them if necessary.
@@ -288,6 +292,8 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) Complete(args []string) error {
 		o.ClusterName = config.Contexts[config.CurrentContext].Cluster
 	}
 
+	o.rbacResources = GenerateRBACResources(o.ClusterName, o.ClusterNamespace)
+
 	o.memberClusterEndpoint = restConfig.Host
 
 	o.memberClusterClient, err = apiclient.NewClientSet(restConfig)
@@ -358,6 +364,74 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) Run(parentCommand string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	var rbacClient *kubeclient.Clientset
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil && rbacClient != nil {
+			fmt.Println("karmadactl register failed and started deleting the created resources")
+			err = o.rbacResources.Delete(rbacClient)
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Warningf("Failed to delete rbac resources: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	rbacClient, err = o.EnsureNecessaryResourcesExistInControlPlane(bootstrapClient, karmadaClusterInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = o.EnsureNecessaryResourcesExistInMemberCluster(bootstrapClient, karmadaClusterInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("\ncluster(%s) is joined successfully\n", o.ClusterName)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// EnsureNecessaryResourcesExistInControlPlane ensures that all necessary resources are exist in Karmada control plane.
+func (o *CommandRegisterOption) EnsureNecessaryResourcesExistInControlPlane(bootstrapClient *kubeclient.Clientset, karmadaClusterInfo *clientcmdapi.Cluster) (*kubeclient.Clientset, error) {
+	csrName := "agent-rbac-generator-" + o.ClusterName + k8srand.String(5)
+	rbacCfg, err := o.constructAgentRBACGeneratorConfig(bootstrapClient, karmadaClusterInfo, csrName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	kubelient, err := ToClientSet(rbacCfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err = kubelient.CertificatesV1().CertificateSigningRequests().Delete(context.Background(), csrName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Warningf("Failed to delete CertificateSigningRequests %s: %v", csrName, err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	fmt.Println("[karmada-agent-start] Waiting to check cluster exists")
+	karmadaClient, err := ToKarmadaClient(rbacCfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return kubelient, err
+	}
+	_, exist, err := karmadautil.GetClusterWithKarmadaClient(karmadaClient, o.ClusterName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return kubelient, err
+	} else if exist {
+		return kubelient, fmt.Errorf("failed to register as cluster with name %s already exists", o.ClusterName)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("[karmada-agent-start] Assign the necessary RBAC permissions to the agent")
+	err = o.ensureAgentRBACResourcesExistInControlPlane(kubelient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return kubelient, err
+	}
+
+	return kubelient, nil
+}
+
+// EnsureNecessaryResourcesExistInMemberCluster ensures that all necessary resources are exist in the registering cluster.
+func (o *CommandRegisterOption) EnsureNecessaryResourcesExistInMemberCluster(bootstrapClient *kubeclient.Clientset, karmadaClusterInfo *clientcmdapi.Cluster) error {
 	// construct the final kubeconfig file used by karmada agent to connect to karmada apiserver
 	fmt.Println("[karmada-agent-start] Waiting to construct karmada-agent kubeconfig")
 	karmadaAgentCfg, err := o.constructKarmadaAgentConfig(bootstrapClient, karmadaClusterInfo)
@@ -365,46 +439,32 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) Run(parentCommand string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("[karmada-agent-start] Waiting to check cluster exists")
-	karmadaClient, err := ToKarmadaClient(karmadaAgentCfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_, exist, err := karmadautil.GetClusterWithKarmadaClient(karmadaClient, o.ClusterName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if exist {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to register as cluster with name %s already exists", o.ClusterName)
-	}
-
 	// It's necessary to set the label of namespace to make sure that the namespace is created by Karmada.
 	labels := map[string]string{
 		karmadautil.KarmadaSystemLabel: karmadautil.KarmadaSystemLabelValue,
 	}
 	// ensure namespace where the karmada-agent resources be deployed exists in the member cluster
-	if _, err := karmadautil.EnsureNamespaceExistWithLabels(o.memberClusterClient, o.Namespace, o.DryRun, labels); err != nil {
+	if _, err = karmadautil.EnsureNamespaceExistWithLabels(o.memberClusterClient, o.Namespace, o.DryRun, labels); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// create the necessary secret and RBAC in the member cluster
 	fmt.Println("[karmada-agent-start] Waiting the necessary secret and RBAC")
-	if err := o.createSecretAndRBACInMemberCluster(karmadaAgentCfg); err != nil {
+	if err = o.createSecretAndRBACInMemberCluster(karmadaAgentCfg); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// create karmada-agent Deployment in the member cluster
 	fmt.Println("[karmada-agent-start] Waiting karmada-agent Deployment")
 	KarmadaAgentDeployment := o.makeKarmadaAgentDeployment()
-	if _, err := o.memberClusterClient.AppsV1().Deployments(o.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), KarmadaAgentDeployment, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+	if _, err = o.memberClusterClient.AppsV1().Deployments(o.Namespace).Create(context.TODO(), KarmadaAgentDeployment, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := addonutils.WaitForDeploymentRollout(o.memberClusterClient, KarmadaAgentDeployment, int(o.Timeout)); err != nil {
+	if err = cmdutil.WaitForDeploymentRollout(o.memberClusterClient, KarmadaAgentDeployment, int(o.Timeout)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("\ncluster(%s) is joined successfully\n", o.ClusterName)
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -505,11 +565,316 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) discoveryBootstrapConfigAndClusterInfo(bootstrap
 	return bootstrapClient, clusterinfo, nil
 }
 
-// constructKarmadaAgentConfig construct the final kubeconfig used by karmada-agent
-func (o *CommandRegisterOption) constructKarmadaAgentConfig(bootstrapClient *kubeclient.Clientset, karmadaClusterInfo *clientcmdapi.Cluster) (*clientcmdapi.Config, error) {
+// ensureAgentRBACResourcesExistInControlPlane ensures that necessary RBAC resources for karmada-agent are exist in control plane.
+func (o *CommandRegisterOption) ensureAgentRBACResourcesExistInControlPlane(client kubeclient.Interface) error {
+	for i := range o.rbacResources.ClusterRoles {
+		_, err := karmadautil.CreateClusterRole(client, o.rbacResources.ClusterRoles[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	for i := range o.rbacResources.ClusterRoleBindings {
+		_, err := karmadautil.CreateClusterRoleBinding(client, o.rbacResources.ClusterRoleBindings[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := range o.rbacResources.Roles {
+		roleNamespace := &corev1.Namespace{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: o.rbacResources.Roles[i].GetNamespace(),
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					karmadautil.KarmadaSystemLabel: karmadautil.KarmadaSystemLabelValue,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		_, err := karmadautil.CreateNamespace(client, roleNamespace)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		_, err = karmadautil.CreateRole(client, o.rbacResources.Roles[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := range o.rbacResources.RoleBindings {
+		_, err := karmadautil.CreateRoleBinding(client, o.rbacResources.RoleBindings[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RBACResources defines the list of rbac resources.
+type RBACResources struct {
+	ClusterRoles        []*rbacv1.ClusterRole
+	ClusterRoleBindings []*rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding
+	Roles               []*rbacv1.Role
+	RoleBindings        []*rbacv1.RoleBinding
+}
+
+// GenerateRBACResources generates rbac resources.
+func GenerateRBACResources(clusterName, clusterNamespace string) *RBACResources {
+	return &RBACResources{
+		ClusterRoles:        []*rbacv1.ClusterRole{GenerateClusterRole(clusterName)},
+		ClusterRoleBindings: []*rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{GenerateClusterRoleBinding(clusterName)},
+		Roles:               []*rbacv1.Role{GenerateSecretAccessRole(clusterName, clusterNamespace), GenerateWorkAccessRole(clusterName)},
+		RoleBindings:        []*rbacv1.RoleBinding{GenerateSecretAccessRoleBinding(clusterName, clusterNamespace), GenerateWorkAccessRoleBinding(clusterName)},
+	}
+}
+
+// List return the list of rbac resources.
+func (r *RBACResources) List() []Obj {
+	var obj []Obj
+	for i := range r.ClusterRoles {
+		obj = append(obj, Obj{Kind: "ClusterRole", Name: r.ClusterRoles[i].GetName()})
+	}
+	for i := range r.ClusterRoleBindings {
+		obj = append(obj, Obj{Kind: "ClusterRoleBinding", Name: r.ClusterRoleBindings[i].GetName()})
+	}
+	for i := range r.Roles {
+		obj = append(obj, Obj{Kind: "Role", Name: r.Roles[i].GetName(), Namespace: r.Roles[i].GetNamespace()})
+	}
+	for i := range r.RoleBindings {
+		obj = append(obj, Obj{Kind: "RoleBinding", Name: r.RoleBindings[i].GetName(), Namespace: r.RoleBindings[i].GetNamespace()})
+	}
+	return obj
+}
+
+// ToString returns a list of RBAC resources in string format.
+func (r *RBACResources) ToString() string {
+	var resources []string
+	for i := range r.List() {
+		resources = append(resources, r.List()[i].ToString())
+	}
+	return strings.Join(resources, "\n")
+}
+
+// Delete deletes RBAC resources.
+func (r *RBACResources) Delete(client kubeclient.Interface) error {
+	var err error
+	for _, resource := range r.List() {
+		switch resource.Kind {
+		case "ClusterRole":
+			err = karmadautil.DeleteClusterRole(client, resource.Name)
+		case "ClusterRoleBinding":
+			err = karmadautil.DeleteClusterRoleBinding(client, resource.Name)
+		case "Role":
+			err = karmadautil.DeleteRole(client, resource.Namespace, resource.Name)
+		case "RoleBinding":
+			err = karmadautil.DeleteRoleBinding(client, resource.Namespace, resource.Name)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Obj defines the struct which contains the information of kind, name and namespace.
+type Obj struct{ Kind, Name, Namespace string }
+
+// ToString returns a string that concatenates kind, name, and namespace using "/".
+func (o *Obj) ToString() string {
+	if o.Namespace == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", o.Kind, o.Name)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", o.Kind, o.Namespace, o.Name)
+}
+
+// GenerateClusterRole generates the clusterRole that karmada-agent needed.
+func GenerateClusterRole(clusterName string) *rbacv1.ClusterRole {
+	clusterRoleName := fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent", clusterName)
+	return &rbacv1.ClusterRole{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: rbacv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			Kind:       "ClusterRole",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: clusterRoleName,
+		},
+		Rules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+			{
+				APIGroups:     []string{"cluster.karmada.io"},
+				Resources:     []string{"clusters"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{clusterName},
+				Verbs:         []string{"get", "delete"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{"cluster.karmada.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"clusters"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"create", "list", "watch"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups:     []string{"cluster.karmada.io"},
+				Resources:     []string{"clusters/status"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{clusterName},
+				Verbs:         []string{"update"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{"config.karmada.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"resourceinterpreterwebhookconfigurations", "resourceinterpretercustomizations"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"get", "list", "watch"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{""},
+				Resources: []string{"namespaces"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"get"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{"coordination.k8s.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"leases"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"get", "create", "update"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{"certificates.k8s.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"certificatesigningrequests"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"get", "create"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{""},
+				Resources: []string{"services"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"list", "watch"},
+			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{""},
+				Resources: []string{"events"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"patch", "create", "update"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// GenerateClusterRoleBinding generates the clusterRoleBinding that karmada-agent needed.
+func GenerateClusterRoleBinding(clusterName string) *rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding {
+	return &rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
+			Kind:       "ClusterRoleBinding",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent", clusterName)},
+		Subjects: []rbacv1.Subject{
+			{
+				APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+				Kind:     "User",
+				Name:     generateAgentUserName(clusterName),
+			},
+		},
+		RoleRef: rbacv1.RoleRef{
+			APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+			Kind:     "ClusterRole",
+			Name:     fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent", clusterName),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// GenerateSecretAccessRole generates the secret-related Role that karmada-agent needed.
+func GenerateSecretAccessRole(clusterName, clusterNamespace string) *rbacv1.Role {
+	secretAccessRoleName := fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent-secret", clusterName)
+	return &rbacv1.Role{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      secretAccessRoleName,
+			Namespace: clusterNamespace,
+		},
+		Rules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+			{
+				Verbs:         []string{"get", "patch"},
+				APIGroups:     []string{""},
+				Resources:     []string{"secrets"},
+				ResourceNames: []string{clusterName, clusterName + "-impersonator"},
+			},
+			{
+				Verbs:     []string{"create"},
+				APIGroups: []string{""},
+				Resources: []string{"secrets"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// GenerateSecretAccessRoleBinding generates the secret-related RoleBinding that karmada-agent needed.
+func GenerateSecretAccessRoleBinding(clusterName, clusterNamespace string) *rbacv1.RoleBinding {
+	return &rbacv1.RoleBinding{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
+			Kind:       "RoleBinding",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent-secret", clusterName),
+			Namespace: clusterNamespace,
+		},
+		Subjects: []rbacv1.Subject{
+			{
+				APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+				Kind:     "User",
+				Name:     generateAgentUserName(clusterName),
+			},
+		},
+		RoleRef: rbacv1.RoleRef{
+			APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+			Kind:     "Role",
+			Name:     fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent-secret", clusterName),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// GenerateWorkAccessRole generates the work-related Role that karmada-agent needed.
+func GenerateWorkAccessRole(clusterName string) *rbacv1.Role {
+	workAccessRoleName := fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent-work", clusterName)
+	return &rbacv1.Role{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      workAccessRoleName,
+			Namespace: "karmada-es-" + clusterName,
+		},
+		Rules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+			{
+				Verbs:     []string{"get", "create", "list", "watch", "update", "delete"},
+				APIGroups: []string{"work.karmada.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"works"},
+			},
+			{
+				Verbs:     []string{"patch", "update"},
+				APIGroups: []string{"work.karmada.io"},
+				Resources: []string{"works/status"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// GenerateWorkAccessRoleBinding generates the work-related RoleBinding that karmada-agent needed.
+func GenerateWorkAccessRoleBinding(clusterName string) *rbacv1.RoleBinding {
+	return &rbacv1.RoleBinding{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
+			Kind:       "RoleBinding",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent-work", clusterName),
+			Namespace: "karmada-es-" + clusterName,
+		},
+		Subjects: []rbacv1.Subject{
+			{
+				APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+				Kind:     "User",
+				Name:     generateAgentUserName(clusterName),
+			},
+		},
+		RoleRef: rbacv1.RoleRef{
+			APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
+			Kind:     "Role",
+			Name:     fmt.Sprintf("system:karmada:%s:agent-work", clusterName),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *CommandRegisterOption) constructKubeConfig(bootstrapClient *kubeclient.Clientset, karmadaClusterInfo *clientcmdapi.Cluster, csrName, commonName string, organization []string) (*clientcmdapi.Config, error) {
 	var cert []byte
 
-	pk, csr, err := generateKeyAndCSR(o.ClusterName)
+	pk, csr, err := generateKeyAndCSR(commonName, organization)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -519,8 +884,6 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) constructKarmadaAgentConfig(bootstrapClient *kub
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	csrName := o.ClusterName + "-" + k8srand.String(5)
-
 	certificateSigningRequest := &certificatesv1.CertificateSigningRequest{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: csrName,
@@ -547,35 +910,45 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) constructKarmadaAgentConfig(bootstrapClient *kub
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	klog.V(1).Infof("Waiting for the client certificate to be issued")
+	klog.V(1).Infof(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for the client certificate %s to be issued", csrName))
 	err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.TODO(), 1*time.Second, o.Timeout, false, func(context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
 		csrOK, err := bootstrapClient.CertificatesV1().CertificateSigningRequests().Get(context.TODO(), csrName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get the cluster csr %s. err: %v", o.ClusterName, err)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get the cluster csr %s. err: %v", csrName, err)
 		}
 
 		if csrOK.Status.Certificate != nil {
-			klog.V(1).Infof("Signing certificate successfully")
+			klog.V(1).Infof(fmt.Sprintf("Signing certificate of csr %s successfully", csrName))
 			cert = csrOK.Status.Certificate
 			return true, nil
 		}
 
-		klog.V(1).Infof("Waiting for the client certificate to be issued")
+		klog.V(1).Infof(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for the client certificate of csr %s to be issued", csrName))
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Approve the CSR %s manually by executing `kubectl certificate approve %s` on the control plane", csrName, csrName)
 		return false, nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	karmadaAgentCfg := CreateWithCert(
+	return CreateWithCert(
 		karmadaClusterInfo.Server,
 		DefaultClusterName,
 		o.ClusterName,
 		karmadaClusterInfo.CertificateAuthorityData,
 		cert,
 		pkData,
-	)
+	), nil
+}
+
+// constructKarmadaAgentConfig constructs the final kubeconfig used by karmada-agent
+func (o *CommandRegisterOption) constructKarmadaAgentConfig(bootstrapClient *kubeclient.Clientset, karmadaClusterInfo *clientcmdapi.Cluster) (*clientcmdapi.Config, error) {
+	csrName := o.ClusterName + "-" + k8srand.String(5)
+
+	karmadaAgentCfg, err := o.constructKubeConfig(bootstrapClient, karmadaClusterInfo, csrName, generateAgentUserName(o.ClusterName), []string{ClusterPermissionGroups})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	kubeConfigFile := filepath.Join(KarmadaDir, KarmadaAgentKubeConfigFileName)
 
@@ -588,6 +961,11 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) constructKarmadaAgentConfig(bootstrapClient *kub
 	return karmadaAgentCfg, nil
 }
 
+// constructKarmadaAgentConfig constructs the kubeconfig to generate rbac config for karmada-agent.
+func (o *CommandRegisterOption) constructAgentRBACGeneratorConfig(bootstrapClient *kubeclient.Clientset, karmadaClusterInfo *clientcmdapi.Cluster, csrName string) (*clientcmdapi.Config, error) {
+	return o.constructKubeConfig(bootstrapClient, karmadaClusterInfo, csrName, AgentRBACGenerator, []string{ClusterPermissionGroups})
+}
+
 // createSecretAndRBACInMemberCluster create required secrets and rbac in member cluster
 func (o *CommandRegisterOption) createSecretAndRBACInMemberCluster(karmadaAgentCfg *clientcmdapi.Config) error {
 	configBytes, err := clientcmd.Write(*karmadaAgentCfg)
@@ -781,7 +1159,7 @@ func (o *CommandRegisterOption) makeKarmadaAgentDeployment() *appsv1.Deployment
 }
 
 // generateKeyAndCSR generate private key and csr
-func generateKeyAndCSR(clusterName string) (*rsa.PrivateKey, []byte, error) {
+func generateKeyAndCSR(commonName string, organization []string) (*rsa.PrivateKey, []byte, error) {
 	pk, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 3072)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -789,8 +1167,8 @@ func generateKeyAndCSR(clusterName string) (*rsa.PrivateKey, []byte, error) {
 
 	csr, err := x509.CreateCertificateRequest(rand.Reader, &x509.CertificateRequest{
 		Subject: pkix.Name{
-			CommonName:   ClusterPermissionPrefix + clusterName,
-			Organization: []string{ClusterPermissionGroups},
+			CommonName:   commonName,
+			Organization: organization,
 		},
 	}, pk)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1070,3 +1448,7 @@ func ToKarmadaClient(config *clientcmdapi.Config) (*karmadaclientset.Clientset,
 
 	return karmadaClient, nil
 }
+
+func generateAgentUserName(clusterName string) string {
+	return ClusterPermissionPrefix + clusterName
+}

pkg/karmadactl/unregister/unregister.go

@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ type CommandUnregisterOption struct {
 
 	// MemberClusterClient member cluster client set
 	MemberClusterClient kubeclient.Interface
+
+	// rbacResources contains RBAC resources that grant the necessary permissions for the unregistering cluster to access to Karmada control plane.
+	rbacResources *register.RBACResources
 }
 
 // AddFlags adds flags to the specified FlagSet.
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@ func (j *CommandUnregisterOption) Complete(args []string) error {
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		j.ClusterName = args[0]
 	}
+
+	j.rbacResources = register.GenerateRBACResources(j.ClusterName, j.ClusterNamespace)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -303,30 +308,67 @@ func (j *CommandUnregisterOption) getKarmadaAgentConfig(agent *appsv1.Deployment
 	return clientcmd.Load(agentConfigSecret.Data[fileName])
 }
 
-type obj struct{ Kind, Name, Namespace string }
-
-func (o *obj) ToString() string {
-	if o.Namespace == "" {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", o.Kind, o.Name)
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", o.Kind, o.Namespace, o.Name)
-}
-
 // RunUnregisterCluster unregister the pull mode cluster from karmada.
 func (j *CommandUnregisterOption) RunUnregisterCluster() error {
 	if j.DryRun {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// 1. delete the cluster object from the Karmada control plane
+	start := time.Now()
+	// 1. delete the work object from the Karmada control plane
+	// When deleting a cluster, the deletion triggers the removal of executionSpace, which can lead to the deletion of RBAC roles related to work.
+	// Therefore, the deletion of work should be performed before deleting the cluster.
+	err := cmdutil.EnsureWorksDeleted(j.ControlPlaneClient, names.GenerateExecutionSpaceName(j.ClusterName), j.Wait)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("Failed to delete works object. cluster name: %s, error: %v", j.ClusterName, err)
+		return err
+	}
+	j.Wait = j.Wait - time.Since(start)
+
+	// 2. delete the cluster object from the Karmada control plane
 	//TODO: add flag --force to implement force deletion.
-	if err := cmdutil.DeleteClusterObject(j.ControlPlaneKubeClient, j.ControlPlaneClient, j.ClusterName, j.Wait, j.DryRun, false); err != nil {
+	if err = cmdutil.DeleteClusterObject(j.ControlPlaneKubeClient, j.ControlPlaneClient, j.ClusterName, j.Wait, j.DryRun, false); err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("Failed to delete cluster object. cluster name: %s, error: %v", j.ClusterName, err)
 		return err
 	}
 	klog.Infof("Successfully delete cluster object (%s) from control plane.", j.ClusterName)
 
-	// 2. delete resource created by karmada in member cluster
+	if j.KarmadaConfig != "" {
+		if err = j.rbacResources.Delete(j.ControlPlaneKubeClient); err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("Failed to delete karmada-agent RBAC resources from control plane. cluster name: %s, error: %v", j.ClusterName, err)
+			return err
+		}
+		klog.Infof("Successfully delete karmada-agent RBAC resources from control plane. cluster name: %s", j.ClusterName)
+	} else {
+		klog.Warningf("The RBAC resources on the control plane need to be manually cleaned up, including the following resources:\n%s", j.rbacResources.ToString())
+	}
+
+	// 3. delete resource created by karmada in member cluster
+	if err = j.cleanupMemberClusterResources(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// 4. delete local obsolete files generated by karmadactl
+	localObsoleteFiles := []register.Obj{
+		{Kind: "File", Name: filepath.Join(register.KarmadaDir, register.KarmadaAgentKubeConfigFileName)},
+		{Kind: "File", Name: register.CACertPath},
+	}
+	for _, obj := range localObsoleteFiles {
+		if err = os.Remove(obj.Name); err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				continue
+			}
+			klog.Errorf("Failed to delete local file (%v) in current node: %+v.", obj.Name, err)
+			return err
+		}
+		klog.Infof("Successfully delete local file (%v) in current node.", obj.Name)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// cleanupMemberClusterResources clean up the resources which created by karmada in member cluster
+func (j *CommandUnregisterOption) cleanupMemberClusterResources() error {
 	var err error
 	for _, resource := range j.listMemberClusterResources() {
 		switch resource.Kind {
@@ -350,29 +392,12 @@ func (j *CommandUnregisterOption) RunUnregisterCluster() error {
 		}
 		klog.Infof("Successfully delete resource (%v) from member cluster (%s).", resource, j.ClusterName)
 	}
-
-	// 3. delete local obsolete files generated by karmadactl
-	localObsoleteFiles := []obj{
-		{Kind: "File", Name: filepath.Join(register.KarmadaDir, register.KarmadaAgentKubeConfigFileName)},
-		{Kind: "File", Name: register.CACertPath},
-	}
-	for _, obj := range localObsoleteFiles {
-		if err = os.Remove(obj.Name); err != nil {
-			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				continue
-			}
-			klog.Errorf("Failed to delete local file (%v) in current node: %+v.", obj.Name, err)
-			return err
-		}
-		klog.Infof("Successfully delete local file (%v) in current node.", obj.Name)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return err
 }
 
 // listMemberClusterResources lists resources to be deleted which created by karmada in member cluster
-func (j *CommandUnregisterOption) listMemberClusterResources() []obj {
-	return []obj{
+func (j *CommandUnregisterOption) listMemberClusterResources() []register.Obj {
+	return []register.Obj{
 		// the rbac resource prepared for karmada-controller-manager to access member cluster's kube-apiserver
 		{Kind: "ServiceAccount", Namespace: j.ClusterNamespace, Name: names.GenerateServiceAccountName(j.ClusterName)},
 		{Kind: "ClusterRole", Name: names.GenerateRoleName(names.GenerateServiceAccountName(j.ClusterName))},

pkg/karmadactl/unregister/unregister_test.go

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ func TestCommandUnregisterOption_RunUnregisterCluster(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			j.ControlPlaneClient = fakekarmadaclient.NewSimpleClientset(tt.clusterObject...)
 			j.MemberClusterClient = fake.NewSimpleClientset(tt.clusterResources...)
+			j.rbacResources = register.GenerateRBACResources(j.ClusterName, j.ClusterNamespace)
 			err := j.RunUnregisterCluster()
 			if (err == nil && tt.wantErr) || (err != nil && !tt.wantErr) {
 				t.Errorf("RunUnregisterCluster() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)

pkg/karmadactl/util/work.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+
+	karmadaclientset "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned"
+)
+
+// EnsureWorksDeleted ensures that all Work resources in the specified namespace are deleted.
+func EnsureWorksDeleted(controlPlaneKarmadaClient karmadaclientset.Interface, namespace string,
+	timeout time.Duration) error {
+	// make sure the works object under the given namespace has been deleted.
+	err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.TODO(), 1*time.Second, timeout, false, func(context.Context) (done bool, err error) {
+		list, err := controlPlaneKarmadaClient.WorkV1alpha1().Works(namespace).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to list work in namespace %s", namespace)
+		}
+
+		if len(list.Items) == 0 {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		for i := range list.Items {
+			work := &list.Items[i]
+			err = controlPlaneKarmadaClient.WorkV1alpha1().Works(namespace).Delete(context.TODO(), work.GetName(), metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+			if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete the work(%s/%s)", namespace, work.GetName())
+			}
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+
+	return err
+}

pkg/util/rbac.go

@@ -191,3 +191,49 @@ func GenerateImpersonationRules(subjects []rbacv1.Subject) []rbacv1.PolicyRule {
 
 	return rules
 }
+
+// CreateRole just try to create the Role.
+func CreateRole(client kubeclient.Interface, roleObj *rbacv1.Role) (*rbacv1.Role, error) {
+	createdObj, err := client.RbacV1().Roles(roleObj.GetNamespace()).Create(context.TODO(), roleObj, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			return roleObj, nil
+		}
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return createdObj, nil
+}
+
+// CreateRoleBinding just try to create the RoleBinding.
+func CreateRoleBinding(client kubeclient.Interface, roleBindingObj *rbacv1.RoleBinding) (*rbacv1.RoleBinding, error) {
+	createdObj, err := client.RbacV1().RoleBindings(roleBindingObj.GetNamespace()).Create(context.TODO(), roleBindingObj, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+			return roleBindingObj, nil
+		}
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return createdObj, nil
+}
+
+// DeleteRole just try to delete the Role.
+func DeleteRole(client kubeclient.Interface, namespace, name string) error {
+	err := client.RbacV1().Roles(namespace).Delete(context.TODO(), name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+	if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeleteRoleBinding just try to delete the RoleBinding.
+func DeleteRoleBinding(client kubeclient.Interface, namespace, name string) error {
+	err := client.RbacV1().RoleBindings(namespace).Delete(context.TODO(), name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+	if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}