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Chapters 1, 3 and 9 cover identity and tenancy. IAM Profile id
collision is noted, not resolved, here.
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id: net-kingdom-architecture
title: "NetKingdom architecture"
status: proposed
owner: net-kingdom
revision: "draft-1"
version: "0.1"
last_reviewed: "2026-08-18"
review_interval: 6m
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# NetKingdom — Software Architecture Documentation (arc42)
## About this document
First-wave arc42 for NetKingdom: the estate's identity and tenancy
security core. Chapter 9 lists governing ADRs and standards; it does
not paste them.
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## 1. Introduction and Goals
NetKingdom is the open security core for DevSecOps on Kubernetes. It
owns identity, tenancy posture, and the contracts that flex-auth,
key-cape, tenant-engine, and railiance workloads implement.
### 1.1 Requirements Overview
- One IAM profile, versioned, owned here.
- Tenancy described as graduated axes, not a single on/off switch.
- Workload packaging and credential vending have explicit boundaries.
### 1.2 Quality Goals
1. Provider-neutral identity contract.
2. Recursive multi-tenant authorization that implementers can declare.
3. Honest about what is not there yet (Tenancy Posture).
### 1.3 Stakeholders
| Role | Concern |
| --- | --- |
| net-kingdom | Canon owner for identity and tenancy. |
| flex-auth / key-cape / tenant-engine | Implementers of the contracts. |
| railiance-master | Workload packaging on the rail. |
| the-custodian | Federation; does not redefine these concepts. |
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## 2. Architecture Constraints
N/A for this stub.
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## 3. System Scope and Context
**In:** IAM profile, tenancy posture, tenant/user-engine boundaries,
credential management, playbook capability contract, NetKingdom ADRs.
**Out:** publication (policy-nexus), rail runtime (railiance), estate
work-factory (the-custodian).
### 3.1 Business Context
Security here is dynamic and adversarial. The system exists so
implementers share one contract instead of copying a neighbour.
### 3.2 Technical Context
Consumers: flex-auth, key-cape, tenant-engine, audit-core, rApps.
Published today: Tenancy Posture
`/standards/tenancy-posture/v0.1/`.
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## 4. Solution Strategy
N/A for this stub — recursive multi-tenant identity (ADR-0006) and the
IAM profile ownership rule (ADR-0011) are the spine.
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## 5. Building Block View
### 5.1 Level 1 System/Top-Level
N/A for this stub.
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## 6. Runtime View
N/A for this stub.
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## 7. Deployment View
N/A for this stub.
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## 8. Cross-Cutting Concepts
N/A for this stub.
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## 9. Architecture Decisions
| Source | Status | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `canon/standards/tenancy-posture_v0.1.md` | proposed | Published. First publication of this site. |
| `canon/standards/iam-profile_v0.3.md` | accepted | Current profile. Needs a unique publication id (v0.2 still shares `netkingdom-iam-profile`). |
| `canon/standards/iam-profile_v0.2.md` | should be superseded | v0.3 supersedes it; front-matter still `accepted`. |
| `docs/adr/ADR-0006``ADR-0015` | see files | Identity, orchestration, IAM ownership, tenant roles, packaging. Publish after `NK-ADR-*` prefix and review metadata. |
Custodian ADR-008 is superseded by Tenancy Posture and is not current.
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## 10. Quality Requirements
N/A for this stub.
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## 11. Risks and Technical Debt
N/A for this stub. Residual: IAM Profile id collision (WP-0003 packet).
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## 12. Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| IAM Profile | Provider-neutral OIDC contract owned here. |
| Tenancy Posture | Graduated axes for describing multi-tenancy. |
| Tenant-engine | Lifecycle and capability roles for tenants. |