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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

  • 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" o...
    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>insecur...
    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 spe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Prevent Insecure Port Access

    By default, traffic for the OpenShift API server is served over HTTPS with authentication and authorization, and the secure API endpoint is bound t...
    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 ...
    Rule High Severity
  • Configure the kubelet Certificate File for the API Server

    To enable certificate based kubelet authentication, edit the <code>config</code> configmap in the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> namespace a...
    Rule High Severity
  • Configure the kubelet Certificate File for the API Server

    To enable certificate based kubelet authentication, edit the <code>config</code> configmap in the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> namespace a...
    Rule High Severity
  • Configure the kubelet Certificate Key for the API Server

    To enable certificate based kubelet authentication, edit the <code>config</code> configmap in the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> namespace a...
    Rule High Severity
  • Configure the kubelet Certificate Key for the API Server

    To enable certificate based kubelet authentication, edit the <code>config</code> configmap in the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> namespace a...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure all admission control plugins are enabled

    To make sure none of them is explicitly disabled except PodSecurity, run the following command: <pre>$ oc -n openshift-kube-apiserver get configmap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OAuth Token Inactivity Timeout

    Enter OAuth Token Inactivity Timeout
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  • Configure the API Server Minimum Request Timeout

    The API server minimum request timeout defines the minimum number of seconds a handler must keep a request open before timing it out. To set this, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the service-account-lookup argument is set to true

    Validate service account before validating token.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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>serviceAccountPublic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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>apiServerArgum...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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>apiServ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure APIServer is configured with secure tlsSecurityProfile

    <p> The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 expose...
    Rule Medium Severity

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