securing a cluster: add recommendations about cloud metadata APIs (#6659)
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@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ Additional protections may be available that control network rules on a per plug
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environment basis, such as per-node firewalls, physically separating cluster nodes to
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prevent cross talk, or advanced networking policy.
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### Restricting cloud metadata API access
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Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCE, etc.) often expose metadata services locally to instances.
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By default these APIs are accessible by pods running on an instance and can contain cloud
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credentials for that node, or provisioning data such as kubelet credentials. These credentials
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can be used to escalate within the cluster or to other cloud services under the same account.
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When running Kubernetes on a cloud platform limit permissions given to instance credentials, use
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[network policies](/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/declare-network-policy/) to restrict pod access
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to the metadata API, and avoid using provisioning data to deliver secrets.
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### Controlling which nodes pods may access
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