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+# Role in the ingress-nginx namespace granting read access to pod logs
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: links-log-reader
+  namespace: ingress-nginx
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["list", "get"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods/log"]
+    verbs: ["get"]
+
+---
+# Bind the Role to the links ServiceAccount (cross-namespace)
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: links-log-reader
+  namespace: ingress-nginx
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: links-log-reader
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: links
+    namespace: apps