diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 1282d40d..8ff584f8 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -155,10 +155,16 @@ variable "affine_postgresql_password" { type = string }
 variable "health_postgresql_password" { type = string }
 variable "health_secret_key" { type = string }
 variable "moltbot_ssh_key" { type = string }
+variable "moltbot_skill_secrets" { type = map(string) }
 variable "gemini_api_key" { type = string }
 variable "llama_api_key" { type = string }
 variable "brave_api_key" { type = string }
 
+variable "k8s_users" {
+  type    = map(any)
+  default = {}
+}
+
 variable "kube_config_path" {
   type    = string
   default = "~/.kube/config"
@@ -695,9 +701,13 @@ module "kubernetes_cluster" {
   health_postgresql_password = var.health_postgresql_password
   health_secret_key          = var.health_secret_key
   moltbot_ssh_key            = var.moltbot_ssh_key
+  moltbot_skill_secrets      = var.moltbot_skill_secrets
   gemini_api_key             = var.gemini_api_key
   llama_api_key              = var.llama_api_key
   brave_api_key              = var.brave_api_key
+
+  k8s_users       = var.k8s_users
+  ssh_private_key = var.ssh_private_key
 }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/k8s-portal/main.tf b/modules/kubernetes/k8s-portal/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52f6d12c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/k8s-portal/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+variable "tls_secret_name" {}
+variable "tier" { type = string }
+
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "k8s_portal" {
+  metadata {
+    name = "k8s-portal"
+    labels = {
+      tier = var.tier
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module "tls_secret" {
+  source          = "../setup_tls_secret"
+  namespace       = kubernetes_namespace.k8s_portal.metadata[0].name
+  tls_secret_name = var.tls_secret_name
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_config_map" "k8s_portal_config" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "k8s-portal-config"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace.k8s_portal.metadata[0].name
+  }
+
+  data = {
+    # CA cert extracted from kubeconfig — will be populated with cluster CA cert
+    "ca.crt" = ""
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_deployment" "k8s_portal" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "k8s-portal"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace.k8s_portal.metadata[0].name
+    labels = {
+      app  = "k8s-portal"
+      tier = var.tier
+    }
+  }
+
+  spec {
+    replicas = 1
+    selector {
+      match_labels = {
+        app = "k8s-portal"
+      }
+    }
+
+    template {
+      metadata {
+        labels = {
+          app = "k8s-portal"
+        }
+      }
+
+      spec {
+        container {
+          name  = "portal"
+          image = "viktorbarzin/k8s-portal:latest"
+          port {
+            container_port = 3000
+          }
+
+          volume_mount {
+            name       = "config"
+            mount_path = "/config"
+            read_only  = true
+          }
+        }
+
+        volume {
+          name = "config"
+          config_map {
+            name = kubernetes_config_map.k8s_portal_config.metadata[0].name
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_service" "k8s_portal" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "k8s-portal"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace.k8s_portal.metadata[0].name
+  }
+
+  spec {
+    selector = {
+      app = "k8s-portal"
+    }
+    port {
+      port        = 80
+      target_port = 3000
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module "ingress" {
+  source          = "../ingress_factory"
+  namespace       = kubernetes_namespace.k8s_portal.metadata[0].name
+  name            = "k8s-portal"
+  tls_secret_name = var.tls_secret_name
+  protected       = true # Require Authentik login
+}
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/main.tf b/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
index ee486040..955a7376 100644
--- a/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
@@ -126,10 +126,21 @@ variable "affine_postgresql_password" { type = string }
 variable "health_postgresql_password" { type = string }
 variable "health_secret_key" { type = string }
 variable "moltbot_ssh_key" { type = string }
+variable "moltbot_skill_secrets" { type = map(string) }
 variable "gemini_api_key" { type = string }
 variable "llama_api_key" { type = string }
 variable "brave_api_key" { type = string }
 
+variable "k8s_users" {
+  type    = map(any)
+  default = {}
+}
+variable "ssh_private_key" {
+  type      = string
+  default   = ""
+  sensitive = true
+}
+
 
 variable "defcon_level" {
   type    = number
@@ -829,6 +840,22 @@ module "authentik" {
   postgres_password = var.authentik_postgres_password
 }
 
+module "rbac" {
+  source          = "./rbac"
+  for_each        = contains(local.active_modules, "authentik") ? { rbac = true } : {}
+  tier            = local.tiers.cluster
+  tls_secret_name = var.tls_secret_name
+  k8s_users       = var.k8s_users
+  ssh_private_key = var.ssh_private_key
+}
+
+module "k8s-portal" {
+  source          = "./k8s-portal"
+  for_each        = contains(local.active_modules, "authentik") ? { portal = true } : {}
+  tier            = local.tiers.edge
+  tls_secret_name = var.tls_secret_name
+}
+
 module "linkwarden" {
   source                  = "./linkwarden"
   for_each                = contains(local.active_modules, "linkwarden") ? { linkwarden = true } : {}
@@ -1142,6 +1169,7 @@ module "moltbot" {
   for_each        = contains(local.active_modules, "moltbot") ? { moltbot = true } : {}
   tls_secret_name = var.tls_secret_name
   ssh_key         = var.moltbot_ssh_key
+  skill_secrets   = var.moltbot_skill_secrets
   gemini_api_key  = var.gemini_api_key
   llama_api_key   = var.llama_api_key
   brave_api_key   = var.brave_api_key
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/monitoring/alloy.yaml b/modules/kubernetes/monitoring/alloy.yaml
index 857c10e7..b68c8d91 100644
--- a/modules/kubernetes/monitoring/alloy.yaml
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/monitoring/alloy.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,25 @@ alloy:
         forward_to = [loki.write.default.receiver]
       }
 
+      // Kubernetes audit log collection from /var/log/kubernetes/audit.log
+      // Requires alloy.mounts.varlog=true to mount /var/log from the host
+      local.file_match "audit_logs" {
+        path_targets = [{
+          __path__ = "/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log",
+          job      = "kubernetes-audit",
+          node     = env("HOSTNAME"),
+        }]
+      }
+
+      loki.source.file "audit_logs" {
+        targets    = local.file_match.audit_logs.targets
+        forward_to = [loki.write.default.receiver]
+      }
+
+  # Mount /var/log from the host for file-based log collection (audit logs)
+  mounts:
+    varlog: true
+
   # Resource limits for DaemonSet pods
   # Alloy tails logs from all containers on the node via K8s API and batches
   # them to Loki. Memory scales with number of active log streams (~30-50 per node).
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/monitoring/dashboards/k8s-audit.json b/modules/kubernetes/monitoring/dashboards/k8s-audit.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fab3e3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/monitoring/dashboards/k8s-audit.json
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+{
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "builtIn": 1,
+        "datasource": { "type": "datasource", "uid": "grafana" },
+        "enable": true,
+        "hide": true,
+        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+        "type": "dashboard"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "description": "Kubernetes API server audit logs from Loki",
+  "editable": true,
+  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+  "graphTooltip": 1,
+  "id": 0,
+  "links": [],
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 0 },
+      "id": 100,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "Recent Activity",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "P8E80F9AEF21F6940" },
+      "description": "Recent Kubernetes API actions from audit logs",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "thresholds" },
+          "custom": {
+            "align": "auto",
+            "cellOptions": { "type": "auto" },
+            "inspect": false
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [{ "color": "green", "value": null }]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 12, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 1 },
+      "id": 1,
+      "options": {
+        "cellHeight": "sm",
+        "footer": { "countRows": false, "fields": "", "reducer": ["sum"], "show": false },
+        "showHeader": true,
+        "sortBy": [{ "desc": true, "displayName": "Time" }]
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "12.3.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "P8E80F9AEF21F6940" },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "{job=\"kubernetes-audit\"} | json | line_format \"{{.user.username}} {{.verb}} {{.objectRef.resource}} {{.objectRef.namespace}}\"",
+          "legendFormat": "",
+          "queryType": "range",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Recent Actions",
+      "type": "table"
+    },
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 13 },
+      "id": 101,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "Request Rates",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "P8E80F9AEF21F6940" },
+      "description": "API request count by user over time",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "custom": {
+            "axisBorderShow": false,
+            "axisCenteredZero": false,
+            "axisColorMode": "text",
+            "axisPlacement": "auto",
+            "barAlignment": 0,
+            "barWidthFactor": 0.6,
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 20,
+            "gradientMode": "none",
+            "hideFrom": { "legend": false, "tooltip": false, "viz": false },
+            "insertNulls": false,
+            "lineInterpolation": "smooth",
+            "lineWidth": 2,
+            "pointSize": 5,
+            "scaleDistribution": { "type": "linear" },
+            "showPoints": "never",
+            "spanNulls": false,
+            "stacking": { "group": "A", "mode": "none" },
+            "thresholdsStyle": { "mode": "off" }
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [{ "color": "green", "value": null }]
+          },
+          "unit": "short"
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 10, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 14 },
+      "id": 2,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "calcs": ["sum", "lastNotNull"], "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom", "showLegend": true },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi", "sort": "desc" }
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "12.3.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "P8E80F9AEF21F6940" },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "sum by (user_username) (count_over_time({job=\"kubernetes-audit\"} | json [5m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{user_username}}",
+          "queryType": "range",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Request Count by User",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 24 },
+      "id": 102,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "Denied Requests",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "P8E80F9AEF21F6940" },
+      "description": "API requests denied with HTTP 403+ status codes",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "thresholds" },
+          "custom": {
+            "align": "auto",
+            "cellOptions": { "type": "auto" },
+            "inspect": false
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              { "color": "green", "value": null },
+              { "color": "red", "value": 403 }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 12, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 25 },
+      "id": 3,
+      "options": {
+        "cellHeight": "sm",
+        "footer": { "countRows": false, "fields": "", "reducer": ["sum"], "show": false },
+        "showHeader": true,
+        "sortBy": [{ "desc": true, "displayName": "Time" }]
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "12.3.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "loki", "uid": "P8E80F9AEF21F6940" },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "{job=\"kubernetes-audit\"} | json | responseStatus_code >= 403",
+          "legendFormat": "",
+          "queryType": "range",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Denied Requests (403+)",
+      "type": "table"
+    }
+  ],
+  "preload": false,
+  "refresh": "30s",
+  "schemaVersion": 42,
+  "tags": ["kubernetes", "audit", "security"],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": []
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now-24h",
+    "to": "now"
+  },
+  "timepicker": {},
+  "timezone": "",
+  "title": "Kubernetes Audit Logs",
+  "uid": "k8s-audit",
+  "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/rbac/apiserver-oidc.tf b/modules/kubernetes/rbac/apiserver-oidc.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7fce93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/rbac/apiserver-oidc.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Configure kube-apiserver for OIDC authentication
+# This SSHs to k8s-master and adds OIDC flags to the static pod manifest.
+# Kubelet auto-restarts the API server when the manifest changes.
+
+variable "k8s_master_host" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "10.0.20.100"
+}
+
+variable "ssh_private_key" {
+  type      = string
+  sensitive = true
+}
+
+variable "oidc_issuer_url" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "https://authentik.viktorbarzin.me/application/o/kubernetes/"
+}
+
+variable "oidc_client_id" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "kubernetes"
+}
+
+resource "null_resource" "apiserver_oidc_config" {
+  connection {
+    type        = "ssh"
+    user        = "wizard"
+    host        = var.k8s_master_host
+    private_key = var.ssh_private_key
+  }
+
+  provisioner "remote-exec" {
+    inline = [
+      # Check if OIDC flags already present
+      "if grep -q 'oidc-issuer-url' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml; then echo 'OIDC flags already configured'; exit 0; fi",
+
+      # Backup the manifest
+      "sudo cp /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml.bak",
+
+      # Add OIDC flags after the last --tls-private-key-file flag (safe insertion point)
+      "sudo sed -i '/- --tls-private-key-file/a\\    - --oidc-issuer-url=${var.oidc_issuer_url}\\n    - --oidc-client-id=${var.oidc_client_id}\\n    - --oidc-username-claim=email\\n    - --oidc-groups-claim=groups' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml",
+
+      # Wait for API server to restart (kubelet watches the manifest)
+      "echo 'Waiting for API server to restart...'",
+      "sleep 30",
+      "sudo kubectl --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf get nodes || echo 'API server still restarting, check manually'",
+    ]
+  }
+
+  triggers = {
+    oidc_issuer_url = var.oidc_issuer_url
+    oidc_client_id  = var.oidc_client_id
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/rbac/audit-policy.tf b/modules/kubernetes/rbac/audit-policy.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ec82796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/rbac/audit-policy.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# Deploy audit policy to k8s-master and configure kube-apiserver to use it.
+# Audit logs are written to /var/log/kubernetes/audit.log on the master node.
+# Alloy (log collector DaemonSet) will pick them up and ship to Loki.
+
+resource "null_resource" "audit_policy" {
+  connection {
+    type        = "ssh"
+    user        = "wizard"
+    host        = var.k8s_master_host
+    private_key = var.ssh_private_key
+  }
+
+  # Upload audit policy file
+  provisioner "file" {
+    content = yamlencode({
+      apiVersion = "audit.k8s.io/v1"
+      kind       = "Policy"
+      rules = [
+        {
+          # Don't log requests to the API discovery endpoints (very noisy)
+          level = "None"
+          resources = [{
+            group     = ""
+            resources = ["endpoints", "services", "services/status"]
+          }]
+          users = ["system:kube-proxy"]
+        },
+        {
+          # Don't log watch requests (very noisy)
+          level = "None"
+          verbs = ["watch"]
+        },
+        {
+          # Don't log health checks
+          level           = "None"
+          nonResourceURLs = ["/healthz*", "/readyz*", "/livez*"]
+        },
+        {
+          # Log secret access at Metadata level only (no request/response bodies)
+          level = "Metadata"
+          resources = [{
+            group     = ""
+            resources = ["secrets"]
+          }]
+        },
+        {
+          # Log all other mutating requests at RequestResponse level
+          level = "RequestResponse"
+          verbs = ["create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+        },
+        {
+          # Log read requests at Metadata level
+          level = "Metadata"
+          verbs = ["get", "list"]
+        },
+      ]
+    })
+    destination = "/tmp/audit-policy.yaml"
+  }
+
+  provisioner "remote-exec" {
+    inline = [
+      # Move audit policy to proper location
+      "sudo mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes/policies",
+      "sudo mv /tmp/audit-policy.yaml /etc/kubernetes/policies/audit-policy.yaml",
+      "sudo chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/policies/audit-policy.yaml",
+
+      # Create audit log directory
+      "sudo mkdir -p /var/log/kubernetes",
+
+      # Check if audit flags already present
+      "if grep -q 'audit-policy-file' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml; then echo 'Audit flags already configured'; exit 0; fi",
+
+      # Add audit flags to kube-apiserver manifest
+      "sudo sed -i '/- --oidc-groups-claim/a\\    - --audit-policy-file=/etc/kubernetes/policies/audit-policy.yaml\\n    - --audit-log-path=/var/log/kubernetes/audit.log\\n    - --audit-log-maxage=7\\n    - --audit-log-maxbackup=3\\n    - --audit-log-maxsize=100' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml",
+
+      # Add volume mount for audit policy (hostPath)
+      # The kube-apiserver pod needs access to the policy file and log directory
+      "sudo sed -i '/volumes:/a\\  - hostPath:\\n      path: /etc/kubernetes/policies\\n      type: DirectoryOrCreate\\n    name: audit-policy\\n  - hostPath:\\n      path: /var/log/kubernetes\\n      type: DirectoryOrCreate\\n    name: audit-log' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml",
+
+      "sudo sed -i '/volumeMounts:/a\\    - mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/policies\\n      name: audit-policy\\n      readOnly: true\\n    - mountPath: /var/log/kubernetes\\n      name: audit-log' /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml",
+
+      # Wait for API server to restart
+      "echo 'Waiting for API server to restart with audit logging...'",
+      "sleep 30",
+      "sudo kubectl --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf get nodes || echo 'API server still restarting'",
+    ]
+  }
+
+  triggers = {
+    policy_version = "v1" # Bump to re-apply
+  }
+
+  depends_on = [null_resource.apiserver_oidc_config]
+}
diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/rbac/main.tf b/modules/kubernetes/rbac/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..496a014d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/rbac/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+variable "tls_secret_name" {}
+variable "tier" { type = string }
+
+variable "k8s_users" {
+  type = map(object({
+    role       = string                     # "admin", "power-user", "namespace-owner"
+    email      = string                     # OIDC email claim
+    namespaces = optional(list(string), []) # for namespace-owners
+    quota = optional(object({
+      cpu_requests    = optional(string, "2")
+      memory_requests = optional(string, "4Gi")
+      cpu_limits      = optional(string, "4")
+      memory_limits   = optional(string, "8Gi")
+      pods            = optional(string, "20")
+    }), {})
+  }))
+  default = {}
+}
+
+# --- Admin role ---
+# Binds to built-in cluster-admin ClusterRole
+
+resource "kubernetes_cluster_role_binding" "admin_users" {
+  for_each = { for name, user in var.k8s_users : name => user if user.role == "admin" }
+
+  metadata {
+    name = "oidc-admin-${each.key}"
+  }
+
+  role_ref {
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+    kind      = "ClusterRole"
+    name      = "cluster-admin"
+  }
+
+  subject {
+    kind      = "User"
+    name      = each.value.email
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+  }
+}
+
+# --- Power-user role ---
+# Can manage workloads cluster-wide but cannot modify RBAC, nodes, or persistent volumes
+
+resource "kubernetes_cluster_role" "power_user" {
+  metadata {
+    name = "oidc-power-user"
+  }
+
+  # Core resources
+  rule {
+    api_groups = [""]
+    resources  = ["pods", "pods/log", "pods/exec", "services", "endpoints", "configmaps", "secrets", "persistentvolumeclaims", "events", "namespaces"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  }
+
+  rule {
+    api_groups = [""]
+    resources  = ["pods", "services", "configmaps", "secrets", "persistentvolumeclaims"]
+    verbs      = ["create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  }
+
+  # Apps
+  rule {
+    api_groups = ["apps"]
+    resources  = ["deployments", "statefulsets", "daemonsets", "replicasets"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  }
+
+  # Batch
+  rule {
+    api_groups = ["batch"]
+    resources  = ["jobs", "cronjobs"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  }
+
+  # Networking
+  rule {
+    api_groups = ["networking.k8s.io"]
+    resources  = ["ingresses", "networkpolicies"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  }
+
+  # Autoscaling
+  rule {
+    api_groups = ["autoscaling"]
+    resources  = ["horizontalpodautoscalers"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  }
+
+  # Read-only on cluster-level resources
+  rule {
+    api_groups = [""]
+    resources  = ["nodes"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  }
+
+  rule {
+    api_groups = ["storage.k8s.io"]
+    resources  = ["storageclasses"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  }
+
+  rule {
+    api_groups = ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io"]
+    resources  = ["clusterroles", "clusterrolebindings", "roles", "rolebindings"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_cluster_role_binding" "power_users" {
+  for_each = { for name, user in var.k8s_users : name => user if user.role == "power-user" }
+
+  metadata {
+    name = "oidc-power-user-${each.key}"
+  }
+
+  role_ref {
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+    kind      = "ClusterRole"
+    name      = kubernetes_cluster_role.power_user.metadata[0].name
+  }
+
+  subject {
+    kind      = "User"
+    name      = each.value.email
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+  }
+}
+
+# --- Namespace-owner role ---
+# Full admin within assigned namespaces + read-only cluster-wide
+
+locals {
+  # Flatten user->namespace pairs for iteration
+  namespace_owner_pairs = flatten([
+    for name, user in var.k8s_users : [
+      for ns in user.namespaces : {
+        user_key  = name
+        namespace = ns
+        email     = user.email
+        quota     = user.quota
+      }
+    ] if user.role == "namespace-owner"
+  ])
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "user_namespaces" {
+  for_each = { for pair in local.namespace_owner_pairs : "${pair.user_key}-${pair.namespace}" => pair }
+
+  metadata {
+    name = each.value.namespace
+    labels = {
+      tier                    = var.tier
+      "k8s-portal/owner"      = each.value.user_key
+      "k8s-portal/managed-by" = "rbac-module"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_role_binding" "namespace_owner" {
+  for_each = { for pair in local.namespace_owner_pairs : "${pair.user_key}-${pair.namespace}" => pair }
+
+  metadata {
+    name      = "namespace-owner-${each.value.user_key}"
+    namespace = each.value.namespace
+  }
+
+  role_ref {
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+    kind      = "ClusterRole"
+    name      = "admin" # Built-in ClusterRole with full namespace access
+  }
+
+  subject {
+    kind      = "User"
+    name      = each.value.email
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+  }
+
+  depends_on = [kubernetes_namespace.user_namespaces]
+}
+
+# Read-only cluster-wide access for namespace owners
+resource "kubernetes_cluster_role" "namespace_owner_readonly" {
+  metadata {
+    name = "oidc-namespace-owner-readonly"
+  }
+
+  rule {
+    api_groups = [""]
+    resources  = ["namespaces", "nodes"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  }
+
+  rule {
+    api_groups = [""]
+    resources  = ["pods", "services", "configmaps", "events"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  }
+
+  rule {
+    api_groups = ["apps"]
+    resources  = ["deployments", "statefulsets", "daemonsets"]
+    verbs      = ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_cluster_role_binding" "namespace_owner_readonly" {
+  for_each = { for name, user in var.k8s_users : name => user if user.role == "namespace-owner" }
+
+  metadata {
+    name = "oidc-ns-owner-readonly-${each.key}"
+  }
+
+  role_ref {
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+    kind      = "ClusterRole"
+    name      = kubernetes_cluster_role.namespace_owner_readonly.metadata[0].name
+  }
+
+  subject {
+    kind      = "User"
+    name      = each.value.email
+    api_group = "rbac.authorization.k8s.io"
+  }
+}
+
+# Resource quotas per user namespace
+resource "kubernetes_resource_quota" "user_namespace_quota" {
+  for_each = { for pair in local.namespace_owner_pairs : "${pair.user_key}-${pair.namespace}" => pair }
+
+  metadata {
+    name      = "user-quota"
+    namespace = each.value.namespace
+  }
+
+  spec {
+    hard = {
+      "requests.cpu"    = each.value.quota.cpu_requests
+      "requests.memory" = each.value.quota.memory_requests
+      "limits.cpu"      = each.value.quota.cpu_limits
+      "limits.memory"   = each.value.quota.memory_limits
+      "pods"            = each.value.quota.pods
+    }
+  }
+
+  depends_on = [kubernetes_namespace.user_namespaces]
+}
+
+# ConfigMap with user-role mapping for the self-service portal
+resource "kubernetes_config_map" "user_roles" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "k8s-user-roles"
+    namespace = "k8s-portal"
+  }
+
+  data = {
+    "users.json" = jsonencode({
+      for name, user in var.k8s_users : user.email => {
+        role       = user.role
+        namespaces = user.namespaces
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}