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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configure the etcd Certificate Key for the API Server

    To ensure etcd is configured to make use of TLS encryption for client communications, follow the OpenShift documentation and setup the TLS connection between the API Server and etcd. Then, verify t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the --kubelet-https argument is set to true

    The kube-apiserver ensures https to the kubelet by default. The apiserver flag "--kubelet-https" is deprecated and should be either set to "true" or omitted from the argument list.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Use of the Insecure Bind Address

    OpenShift should not bind to non-loopback insecure addresses. Edit the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> configmap and remove the <code>insecure-bind-address</code> if it exists: <pre> "apiServ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Profiling is protected by RBAC

    Ensure that the cluster-debugger cluster role includes the /metrics resource URL. This demonstrates that profiling is protected by RBAC, with a specific cluster role to allow access.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure the kubelet Certificate Authority for the API Server

    To ensure OpenShift verifies kubelet certificates before establishing connections, follow the OpenShift documentation and setup the TLS connection between the API Server and kubelets. Edit the <co...
    Rule High Severity

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