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The Kubernetes cluster does not enable surge upgrades
DIG-0005
Service: computeSeverity: medium
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While upgrading your cluster, workloads will temporarily be moved to new nodes. A small cost will follow, but as a bonus, you won't experience downtime.
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Enable surge upgrades in your Kubernetes cluster
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# METADATA
# title: The Kubernetes cluster does not enable surge upgrades
# description: |
# While upgrading your cluster, workloads will temporarily be moved to new nodes. A small cost will follow, but as a bonus, you won't experience downtime.
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["cloud"]
# related_resources:
# - https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/upgrade-cluster/#surge-upgrades
# custom:
# id: DIG-0005
# long_id: digitalocean-compute-surge-upgrades-not-enabled
# aliases:
# - AVD-DIG-0005
# - surge-upgrades-not-enabled
# - digitalocean-compute-surge-upgrades-not-enabled
# provider: digitalocean
# service: compute
# severity: MEDIUM
# recommended_action: Enable surge upgrades in your Kubernetes cluster
# input:
# selector:
# - type: cloud
# subtypes:
# - service: compute
# provider: digitalocean
# examples: checks/cloud/digitalocean/compute/kubernetes_surge_upgrades.yaml
package builtin.digitalocean.compute.digitalocean0005
import rego.v1
import data.lib.cloud.metadata
import data.lib.cloud.value
deny contains res if {
some cluster in input.digitalocean.compute.kubernetesclusters
isManaged(cluster)
superupgrade_disabled(cluster)
res := result.new(
"Surge upgrades are disabled in your Kubernetes cluster. Please enable this feature.",
metadata.obj_by_path(cluster, ["surgeupgrade"]),
)
}
superupgrade_disabled(cluster) if value.is_false(cluster.surgeupgrade)
superupgrade_disabled(cluster) if not cluster.surgeupgrade