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# TLS connection certificate not set up

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**Id:** `kubernetes-tls-connection-certificate-not-setup` 

**Platform:** Kubernetes

**Severity:** Medium

**Category:** Networking and Firewall

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

- [Provider Reference](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/)

### Description{% #description %}

TLS certificate files for TLS connections should be set.

For API server containers, the rule verifies that the `--tls-cert-file` and `--tls-private-key-file` flags are included in their command. For `KubeletConfiguration` documents, the rule verifies that the `tlsCertFile` and `tlsPrivateKeyFile` fields are present. If any of these are absent, the rule reports a MissingAttribute issue with the expected and actual values.

## 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: ["--tls-cert-file=someFile.txt","--tls-private-key-file=someFile.txt"]
  restartPolicy: OnFailure
```

```yaml
apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: KubeletConfiguration
address: "192.168.0.8"
port: 20250
serializeImagePulls: false
tlsCertFile: "someFile.txt"
tlsPrivateKeyFile: "someFile.txt"
evictionHard:
    memory.available:  "200Mi"
```

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: command-demo
  labels:
    purpose: demonstrate-command
spec:
  containers:
    - name: command-demo-container
      image: foo/bar
      command: ["kubelet"]
      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: []
  restartPolicy: OnFailure
```

```yaml
apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: KubeletConfiguration
address: "192.168.0.8"
port: 20250
serializeImagePulls: false
evictionHard:
    memory.available:  "200Mi"
```