diff --git a/adhoc-config/links-iam.yaml b/adhoc-config/links-iam.yaml
index 75c0d32..4e7582a 100644
--- a/adhoc-config/links-iam.yaml
+++ b/adhoc-config/links-iam.yaml
@@ -27,3 +27,41 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: links
     namespace: apps
+
+---
+
+# Role in the ingress-nginx namespace:
+#   - read pod logs (for nginxmon)
+#   - read & patch the nginx ConfigMap (for ip-ban mini app)
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: links-ingress-nginx-reader
+  namespace: ingress-nginx
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["list", "get"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods/log"]
+    verbs: ["get"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["configmaps"]
+    resourceNames: ["ingress-nginx-controller"]
+    verbs: ["get", "patch"]
+
+---
+# Bind the Role to the links ServiceAccount (cross-namespace: apps → ingress-nginx)
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: links-ingress-nginx-reader
+  namespace: ingress-nginx
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: links-ingress-nginx-reader
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: links
+    namespace: apps