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Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) - Practice Exam Part 8

This lab provides practice scenarios to help prepare you for the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam. You will be presented with tasks to complete, as well as server(s) and/or an existing Kubernetes cluster to complete them in. You will need to use your knowledge of Kubernetes to successfully complete the provided tasks, much like you would on the real CKS exam. Good luck!

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Add Rules to the Cluster's Audit Policy

    The cluster has an audit policy configured. The audit policy file is located at /etc/kubernetes/audit-policy.yaml. Add the following rules to the audit policy:

    1. Log the request and response body for changes to configmaps.
    2. Log the request body for changes to services and pods in the web namespace.
    3. Log metadata for changes to secrets.
    4. Create a catch-all rule to log metadata for all remaining requests.

  2. Challenge

    Configure Audit Logging

    1. Configure audit logging for the cluster.
    2. Direct audit log output to a file located at /var/log/kubernetes/audit.log.
    3. Maintain old log files for a maximum of 10 days.
    4. Keep a maximum of 1 old log files.
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