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Strengthen Cluster Security with a CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
The CIS Kubernetes Benchmark is a useful tool for detcting potential security weakness in the configuration of your cluster. This lab will allow you to practice running the benchmark and addressing security concerns that it uncovers.
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Challenge
Run kube-bench and Obtain a CIS Benchmark Report
- Run kube-bench for both the control plane and the worker.
- Save the control plane results to
/home/cloud_user/kube-bench-control.log. - Save the worker results to
/home/cloud_user/kube-bench-worker.log.
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Challenge
Turn Off Profiling for the API Server, Controller Manager, and Scheduler
Make changes to the cluster configuration to fix the following failed tests in the CIS Benchmark output for the control plane.
- 1.2.17
- 1.3.2
- 1.4.1
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Challenge
Set kubelet authn/authz to Use Webhook Mode
Make changes to the cluster configuration to fix test
4.2.2in the CIS Benchmark output for the worker.
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