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title: Pod security policy admission control plugin not set
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# Pod security policy admission control plugin not set

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**Id:** `kubernetes-pod-security-policy-admission-control-plugin-not-set` 

**Platform:** Kubernetes

**Severity:** High

**Category:** Build Process

#### Learn More{% #learn-more %}

- [Provider Reference](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kube-apiserver/)

### Description{% #description %}

When a `kube-apiserver` container is present (in `containers` or `initContainers`), the `--enable-admission-plugins` flag should include `PodSecurityPolicy`. The rule inspects the container `command` for `kube-apiserver` and reports a MissingAttribute if the flag does not contain `PodSecurityPolicy`. The admission control configuration file should also be correctly configured to enable the plugin.

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: command-demo
  labels:
    purpose: demonstrate-command
spec:
  containers:
    - name: command-demo-container
      image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-apiserver-amd64:v1.6.0
      command: ["kube-apiserver"]
      args: ["--enable-admission-plugins=PodSecurityPolicy", "--admission-control-config-file=path/to/plugin/config/file.yaml"]
  restartPolicy: OnFailure
```

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: command-demo
  labels:
    purpose: demonstrate-command
spec:
  containers:
    - name: command-demo-container
      image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-apiserver-amd64:v1.6.0
      command: ["kube-apiserver","--enable-admission-plugins=PodSecurityPolicy", "--admission-control-config-file=path/to/plugin/config/file.yaml"]
      args: []
  restartPolicy: OnFailure
```

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: command-demo
  labels:
    purpose: demonstrate-command
spec:
  containers:
    - name: command-demo-container
      image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-apiserver-amd64:v1.6.0
      command: ["kube-apiserver"]
      args: ["--enable-admission-plugins=AlwaysAdmit"]
  restartPolicy: OnFailure
```