| OpenShift do use a dedicated authorization layer on top of Kubernetes and does not allow to access Kubernetes API using plain username/password credentials. | |
| This credential type do offer to generate OAuth access token based on your credentials as an alternative. | |
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| Read more on <a href="https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.0/architecture/additional_concepts/authentication.html#oauth">authentication documentation</a>. |