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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
+---
+
+# 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.
+
+---
+
+## 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. |
+
+---
+
+## 2. Architecture Constraints
+
+N/A for this stub.
+
+---
+
+## 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/`.
+
+---
+
+## 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.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Building Block View
+
+### 5.1 Level 1 – System/Top-Level
+
+N/A for this stub.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Runtime View
+
+N/A for this stub.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Deployment View
+
+N/A for this stub.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Cross-Cutting Concepts
+
+N/A for this stub.
+
+---
+
+## 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.
+
+---
+
+## 10. Quality Requirements
+
+N/A for this stub.
+
+---
+
+## 11. Risks and Technical Debt
+
+N/A for this stub. Residual: IAM Profile id collision (WP-0003 packet).
+
+---
+
+## 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. |