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Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Dec 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803230030
Pages 578 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Marc Boorshtein Marc Boorshtein
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Scott Surovich Scott Surovich
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Docker and Container Essentials 2. Deploying Kubernetes Using KinD 3. Kubernetes Bootcamp 4. Services, Load Balancing, ExternalDNS, and Global Balancing 5. Integrating Authentication into Your Cluster 6. RBAC Policies and Auditing 7. Deploying a Secured Kubernetes Dashboard 8. Extending Security Using Open Policy Agent 9. Node Security with GateKeeper 10. Auditing Using Falco, DevOps AI, and ECK 11. Backing Up Workloads 12. An Introduction to Istio 13. Building and Deploying Applications on Istio 14. Provisioning a Platform 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Enforcing node security with GateKeeper

So far, we've seen what can happen when containers are allowed to run on a node without any security policies in place. We've also examined what goes into building a secure container, which will make enforcing node security much easier. The next step is to examine how to design and build policies using GateKeeper to lock down your containers.

What about Pod security policies?

Doesn't Kubernetes have a built-in mechanism for enforcing node security? It does, but it's going away. In 2018, the Kubernetes project decided that the PSP API would never leave beta. The configuration was too confusing, being a hybrid of Linux-focused configuration options and RBAC assignments. It was determined that the fix would likely mean an incompatible final release from the current release. Instead of marking a complex and difficult-to-manage API as generally available, the project made a difficult decision to deprecate the API.

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