# Can set "Impersonate-Extra-scopes" header and the "Impersonate-Uid" header. — Example: Node agent impersonating the associated node

> This is a common pattern for node agents (like CNI plugins) that need to read pods on their node without having cluster-wide pod access.

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## Provenance

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## Knowledge

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions).

This is a common pattern for node agents (like CNI plugins) that need to read pods on their node without having cluster-wide pod access.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
  name: impersonate-associated-node-identity
rules:
- apiGroups: ["authentication.k8s.io"]
  resources: ["nodes"]
  verbs: ["impersonate:associated-node"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
  name: impersonate-list-pods-on-node
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
  resources: ["pods"]
  verbs:
  - "impersonate-on:associated-node:list"
  - "impersonate-on:associated-node:get"
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: node-agent-impersonate-node
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: impersonate-associated-node-identity
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: node-agent
  namespace: kube-system
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: node-agent-impersonate-list-pods
```

The controller would get the node name using the downward API

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
env:
- name: MY_NODE_NAME
  valueFrom:
    fieldRef:
      fieldPath: spec.nodeName
```

Then configure the kubeconfig to impersonate

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```go
kubeConfig, _ := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", "")
kubeConfig.Impersonate = rest.ImpersonationConfig{
    UserName: "system:node:" + os.Getenv("MY_NODE_NAME"),
}
```

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