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limit range usage
KSV-0039
Service: kubernetesSeverity: low
OfficialBuilt-inVerified
Ensure that a LimitRange policy is configured to limit resource usage for namespaces or nodes
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Create a LimitRange policy with default requests and limits for each container
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# METADATA
# title: limit range usage
# description: Ensure that a LimitRange policy is configured to limit resource usage for namespaces or nodes
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/policy/limit-range/
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/manage-resources/memory-default-namespace/
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/manage-resources/memory-constraint-namespace/
# custom:
# id: KSV-0039
# long_id: kubernetes-limit-range-usage
# aliases:
# - AVD-KSV-0039
# - KSV039
# - limit-range-usage
# - kubernetes-limit-range-usage
# severity: LOW
# recommended_action: Create a LimitRange policy with default requests and limits for each container
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: limitrange
package builtin.kubernetes.KSV039
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
required_fields := {
"type",
"max",
"min",
"default",
"defaultRequest",
}
limit_range_configured if {
kubernetes.has_field(input.spec, "limits")
some limit in input.spec.limits
every field in required_fields {
kubernetes.has_field(limit, field)
}
}
deny contains res if {
not limit_range_configured
msg := "A LimitRange policy with a default requests and limits for each container should be configured"
res := result.new(msg, input.spec)
}