# Agent plugin: NodeAttestor "k8s_sat" (deprecated)

**This plugin has been deprecated in favor of the  ["k8s_psat"](plugin_agent_nodeattestor_k8s_psat.md) plugin and will be removed in a future release.**

*Must be used in conjunction with the server-side k8s_sat plugin*

The `k8s_sat` plugin attests nodes running in inside of Kubernetes. The agent
reads and provides the signed service account token to the server.

*Note: If your cluster supports [Service Account Token Volume Projection](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/#service-account-token-volume-projection)
you should instead consider using the `k8s_psat` attestor due to the [security considerations](#security-considerations) below.*

The server-side `k8s_sat` plugin generates a one-time UUID and generates a SPIFFE ID with the form:

```xml
spiffe://<trust_domain>/spire/agent/k8s_sat/<cluster>/<UUID>
```

The main configuration accepts the following values:

| Configuration | Description                                                                           | Default                                               |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| `cluster`     | Name of the cluster. It must correspond to a cluster configured in the server plugin. |
| `token_path`  | Path to the service account token on disk                                             | "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token" |

The token path defaults to the default location Kubernetes uses to place the token and should not need to be overridden in most cases.

A sample configuration with the default token path:

```hcl
    NodeAttestor "k8s_sat" {
        plugin_data {
            cluster = "MyCluster"
        }
    }
```

## Security Considerations

At this time, the service account token does not contain claims that could be
used to strongly identify the node/daemonset/pod running the agent. This means
that any container running in an allowed service account can masquerade as
an agent, giving it access to any identity the agent is capable of issuing. It
is **STRONGLY** recommended that agents run under a dedicated service account.

It should be noted that due to the fact that SPIRE can't positively
identify a node using this method, it is not possible to directly authorize
identities for a distinct node or sets of nodes. Instead, this must be
accomplished indirectly using a service account and deployment that
leverages node affinity or node selectors.
