https://k8s-school.fr/labs/k8s/en/tags/service-account/index.htmlHugoenCopyright (c) 2025 Fabrice Jammes - Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:15:26 +1000https://k8s-school.fr/labs/k8s/en/1_labs/service-account/index.htmlTue, 18 Nov 2025 14:15:26 +1000https://k8s-school.fr/labs/k8s/en/1_labs/service-account/index.htmlAuteur: Fabrice JAMMES (LinkedIn). Date: Nov 18, 2025 · 10 min read A simple lab to explore Service Accounts and their tokens in Kubernetes. Prerequisites A Kubernetes cluster (kind, minikube, or any cluster) kubectl configured jq installed (for JSON parsing) Lab Overview Understanding default Service Accounts Creating custom Service Accounts Exploring Service Account tokens (JWT) Using tokens to authenticate Token mounting behavior Part 1: Default Service Account Every namespace automatically gets a default service account.