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 - [Labels and Annotations](labels.md): Helm has a _heritage_ of labeling and annotating.
 - Kubernetes Resources:
 	- [Pods and Pod Specs](pods.md): See the best practices for working with pod specifications.
+	- [Role-Based Access Control](rbac.md): Guidance on creating and using service accounts, roles, and role bindings.
 	- [Third Party Resources](third_party_resources.md): Third Party Resources (TPRs) have their own associated best practices.
 
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+# Role-Based Access Control
+
+This part of the Best Practices Guide discusses the creation and formatting of RBAC resources in chart manifests.
+
+RBAC resources are:
+
+- ServiceAccount (namespaced)
+- Role (namespaced)
+- ClusterRole 
+- RoleBinding (namespaced)
+- ClusterRoleBinding
+
+## RBAC-related values
+
+RBAC-related values in a chart should be namespaced under an `rbac` top-level key.  At a minimum this key should contain these sub-keys (explained below):
+
+- `create`
+- `serviceAccountName`
+
+Other keys under `rbac` may also be listed and used as well.
+
+## RBAC Resources Should be Created by Default
+
+`rbac.create` should be a boolean value controlling whether RBAC resources are created.  The default should be `true`.  Users who wish to manage RBAC access controls themselves can set this value to `false` (in which case see below).
+
+## Using RBAC Resources
+
+`rbac.serviceAccountName` should set the name of the ServiceAccount to be used by access-controlled resources created by the chart.  If `rbac.create` is true, then a ServiceAccount with this name should be created.  If `rbac.create` is false, then it should not be created, but it should still be associated with the same resources so that manually-created RBAC resources created later that reference it will function correctly.  (Note that this effectively makes `rbac.serviceAccountName` a required value in these charts.)