Risk Level: High
Cloud Entity: Kubernetes Cluster
CloudGuard Rule ID: D9.GCP.NET.22
Covered by Spectral: Yes
Category: Compute

GSL LOGIC

GkeCluster should have privateClusterConfig.enablePrivateNodes=true

REMEDIATION

Note: Remediation is only possible by creation of a new cluster with Private cluster enabled.
From Portal 1. Go to Kubernetes GCP Console by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/list? 2. Click on CREATE CLUSTER 3. Choose required name/value for cluster fields 4. Under CLUSTER click on Networking 5. Select Private cluster to Enabled 6. Set Control plane IP range 7. Click on Create
From TF resource "google_container_cluster" "cluster" Set the 'networking_mode' to be 'VPC_NATIVE' and add the blocks 'ip_allocation_policy' and 'private_cluster_config':

Terraformresource "google_container_cluster" "primary" {
  name               = "NAME"
  location           = "LOCATION"
  initial_node_count = 3
  network            = "NETWORK"
  subnetwork         = "SUBNETWORK"
  networking_mode    = "VPC_NATIVE"
  ...
  ip_allocation_policy {
    cluster_ipv4_cidr_block = "cluster_ipv4_cidr_block"
    services_ipv4_cidr_block = "services_ipv4_cidr_block"
  }
  private_cluster_config {
    enable_private_nodes = "true"
    enable_private_endpoint = "false"
    master_ipv4_cidr_block = "master_ipv4_cidr_block"
    master_global_access_config {
      enabled = "true"
    }
  }
  ...
}

From Command Line To create a new cluster with Private cluster enabled:

Terminalgcloud container clusters create private-cluster-0 --create-subnetwork name=my-subnet-0 --enable-master-authorized-networks --enable-ip-alias --enable-private-nodes --enable-private-endpoint --master-ipv4-cidr 172.16.0.32/28

References 1. https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/private-clusters

Kubernetes Cluster

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Compliance Frameworks

CloudGuard GCP All Rules Ruleset
GCP CIS Foundations v. 1.0.0
GCP CloudGuard Best Practices
GCP MITRE ATT&CK Framework v12.1
GCP NIST 800-53 Rev 5