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Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide

You're reading from   Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide Master containerized application deployments, integrate enterprise systems, and achieve scalability

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835086957
Length 682 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. Docker and Container Essentials FREE CHAPTER 2. Deploying Kubernetes Using KinD 3. Kubernetes Bootcamp 4. Services, Load Balancing, and Network Policies 5. External DNS and Global Load Balancing 6. Integrating Authentication into Your Cluster 7. RBAC Policies and Auditing 8. Managing Secrets 9. Building Multitenant Clusters with vClusters 10. Deploying a Secured Kubernetes Dashboard 11. Extending Security Using Open Policy Agent 12. Node Security with Gatekeeper 13. KubeArmor Securing Your Runtime 14. Backing Up Workloads 15. Monitoring Clusters and Workloads 16. An Introduction to Istio 17. Building and Deploying Applications on Istio 18. Provisioning a Multitenant Platform 19. Building a Developer Portal 20. Other Books You May Enjoy 21. Index

KubeArmor Securing Your Runtime

As the popularity of Kubernetes grows, so does the need for robust security measures to protect workloads. We learned how to secure a cluster using RBAC, which allows us to control the access that users have to resources. Using RBAC, we can control what users can execute on a cluster, controlling if someone can create or delete a pod, view logs, view Secrets, etc. We also looked at securing clusters using Gatekeeper policies that can protect nodes by denying the creation of an object that contains a value against security policies like attempting to allow privilege escalation.

While these go a long way to securing clusters, there are certain actions that are often overlooked by many organizations. One of the most important examples is securing the container runtime.

Kubernetes has limited abilities to audit or secure actions that are executed within a container. While Kubernetes can handle certain security requirements like blocking elevated...

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