Enforce CPU Request 1.2.4

Enforces that a CPU request is specified for every container.

Note that this policy is part of the following security standards:

bsi/containerization: BSI IT-Grundschutz "Containerisierung": Section: SYS.1.6.A15

Operational
Requests & Limits
bsi/containerization

Applies to

Example

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: nginx-deployment
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: nginx
          image: nginx:1.14.2
          ports:
            - containerPort: 80
+         resources:
+           requests:
+             cpu: 1

Risk acceptance

Use the annotation securitytower.io/policy.exclusion.enforcecpurequest as on the example below.

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: your-deployment
  annotations:
    securitytower.io/policy.exclusion.enforcecpurequest: |-
      This pod consumes an unpredictable amount of CPU.
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