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---
layout: docs
page_title: Auto-auth with Kubernetes
description: >-
Use Kubernetes for auto-authentication with Vault Agent or Vault Proxy.
---
> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Documentation Update:** Product documentation, which were located in this repository under `/website`, are now located in [`hashicorp/web-unified-docs`](https://github.com/hashicorp/web-unified-docs), colocated with all other product documentation. Contributions to this content should be done in the `web-unified-docs` repo, and not this one. Changes made to `/website` content in this repo will not be reflected on the developer.hashicorp.com website.
# Auto-auth method: Kubernetes
The `kubernetes` method reads in a Kubernetes service account token from the
running pod (via `/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token`) and
sends it to the [Kubernetes Auth
method](/vault/docs/auth/kubernetes/).
## Configuration
- `role` `(string: required)` - The role to authenticate against on Vault
- `token_path` `(string: optional)` - The file path to a custom JWT token to use
for authentication. If omitted, the default service account token path is used.
## Tutorial
Refer to the [Vault Agent with
Kubernetes](/vault/tutorials/kubernetes/agent-kubernetes)
tutorial to learn how to authenticate the clients using a Kubernetes Service Account Token and manage the tokens lifecycle.