Information
Encrypt etcd key-value store.
Rationale:
etcd is a highly available key-value store used by Kubernetes deployments for persistent storage of all of its REST API objects. These objects are sensitive in nature and should be encrypted at rest to avoid any disclosures.
Solution
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and configure a EncryptionConfig file. Then, edit the API server pod specification file /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml on the master node and set the --encryption-provider-config parameter to the path of that file:
--encryption-provider-config=</path/to/EncryptionConfig/File>
Impact:
None
Default Value:
By default, --encryption-provider-config is not set.
References:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/encrypt-data/
https://acotten.com/post/kube17-security
https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/kube-apiserver/
https://github.com/kubernetes/features/issues/92