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Ensure the --etcd-cafile argument is set appropriately

Error: The --etcd-cafile argument is not set appropriately

Bridgecrew Policy ID: BC_K8S_77
Checkov Check ID: CKV_K8S_102
Severity: HIGH

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The --etcd-cafile argument is not set appropriately

Description

etcd should be configured to make use of TLS encryption for client connections. etcd is a highly-available key value store used by Kubernetes deployments for persistent storage of all of its REST API objects. These objects are sensitive in nature and should be protected by client authentication. This requires the API server to identify itself to the etcd server using a SSL Certificate Authority file.

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Kubernetes

  • Kind: Pod
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  labels:
    component: kube-apiserver
    tier: control-plane
  name: kube-apiserver
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  containers:
  - command:
+   - kube-apiserver
+   - --etcd-ca-file=ca.file
    image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-apiserver-amd64:v1.6.0
    livenessProbe:
      failureThreshold: 8
      httpGet:
        host: 127.0.0.1
        path: /healthz
        port: 6443
        scheme: HTTPS
      initialDelaySeconds: 15
      timeoutSeconds: 15
    name: kube-apiserver
    resources:
      requests:
        cpu: 250m
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/
      name: k8s
      readOnly: true
    - mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
      name: certs
    - mountPath: /etc/pki
      name: pki
  hostNetwork: true
  volumes:
  - hostPath:
      path: /etc/kubernetes
    name: k8s
  - hostPath:
      path: /etc/ssl/certs
    name: certs
  - hostPath:
      path: /etc/pki
    name: pki

Updated 12 months ago