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

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  • Ensure the openshift-oauth-apiserver service uses TLS

    By default, the OpenShift OAuth API Server uses TLS. HTTPS should be used for connections between openshift-oauth-apiserver and kube-apiserver. By default, the OpenShift OAuth API Server uses Inter...
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  • OAuth Token Inactivity Timeout

    Enter OAuth Token Inactivity Timeout
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  • Ensure that the service-account-lookup argument is set to true

    Validate service account before validating token.
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  • Configure the Service Account Public Key for the API Server

    To ensure the API Server utilizes its own key pair, edit the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> configmap and set the <code>serviceAccountPublicKeyFiles</code> parameter to the public key file f...
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  • Configure the Certificate for the API Server

    To ensure the API Server utilizes its own TLS certificates, the <code>tls-cert-file</code> must be configured. Verify that the <code>apiServerArguments</code> section has the <code>tls-cert-file</c...
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  • Use Strong Cryptographic Ciphers on the API Server

    To ensure that the API Server is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers, verify the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> configmap contains the following set of ciphers, with no addit...
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  • Configure the Certificate Key for the API Server

    To ensure the API Server utilizes its own TLS certificates, the <code>tls-private-key-file</code> must be configured. Verify that the <code>apiServerArguments</code> section has the <code>tls-priva...
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  • Ensure custom tlsSecurityProfile configured for APIServer uses secure TLS version

    The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with the externally exposed servers. Though secure transport mode is used fo...
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  • Ensure APIServer is not configured with Old tlsSecurityProfile

    The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with the externally exposed servers. Though secure transport mode is used fo...
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  • Ensure that Audit Log Webhook Is Configured

    Audit is on by default and the best practice is to ship audit logs off an cluster for retention. HyperShift is able to do this with the a audit webhook, which is configured in the HostedCluster cus...
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  • Authentication

    In cloud workloads, there are many ways to create and configure to multiple authentication services. Some of these authentication methods by not be secure or common methodologies, or they may not b...
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  • OAuth Clients Token Inactivity Timeout

    Enter OAuth Clients Token Inactivity Timeout in Seconds
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  • Configure OAuth tokens to expire after a set period of inactivity

    <p> You can configure OAuth tokens to expire after a set period of inactivity. By default, no token inactivity timeout is set. </p> <p> The inactivity timeout can be ei...
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  • Configure OAuth tokens to expire after a set period of inactivity

    <p> You can configure OAuth tokens to have have a custom duration. By default, the tokens are valid for 24 hours (86400 seconds). </p> <p> The maximum age can be either...
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  • Configure OAuth server so that tokens have a maximum age set

    <p> You can configure OAuth tokens to have have a custom duration. By default, the tokens are valid for 24 hours (86400 seconds). </p> <p> The maximum age can be either...
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  • Only Use LDAP-based IdPs with TLS

    <p> For users to interact with OpenShift Container Platform, they must first authenticate to the cluster. The authentication layer identifies the user associated with requests to the...
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  • OpenShift Controller Settings

    This section contains recommendations for the kube-controller-manager configuration
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  • OpenShift - Logging Settings

    Contains evaluations for the cluster's logging configuration settings.
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  • Ensure Controller secure-port argument is set

    To ensure the Controller Manager service is bound to secure loopback address using a secure port, set the <code>RotateKubeletServerCertificate</code> option to <code>true</code> in the <code>opensh...
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  • Configure the Service Account Certificate Authority Key for the Controller Manager

    To ensure the API Server utilizes its own key pair, set the <code>masterCA</code> parameter to the public key file for service accounts in the <code>openshift-kube-controller-manager</code> configm...
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