Protect a Kubernetes Cluster with AppArmor

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Protect a Kubernetes Cluster with AppArmor

AppArmor is a great way to provide additional security within a Kubernetes cluster. This lab will allow you to practice your skills with using AppArmor in Kubernetes by installing AppArmor in a cluster and using it to secure some containers.

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Lab Info

Level

Advanced

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Enforce the AppArmor Profile

On both the control plane and worker servers, there is an AppArmor profile configuration file located at /home/cloud_user/apparmor-k8s-deny-write. Load the AppArmor profile represented in this file.

The profile is called k8s-deny-write. It prevents the container from being able to write anything to disk. You will need to load the profile on both the control plane and worker servers.
Challenge

Configure the password-db Pod to Run Its Container Using the AppArmor Profile

On the control plane server, there is a Pod in the auth namespace called password-db. This Pod is writing sensitive password information to a log file. The Pod does not actually need to write to the disk in order to its job.

Apply the k8s-deny-write AppArmor profile to the Pod's container to prevent it from being able to write any sensitive data to the container file system. There is a manifest file or this Pod located at /home/cloud_user/password-db-pod.yml. Once you have made your changes to the manifest file, delete the Pod and use the manifest to re-create it.

You can check the Pod's log to see whether it is writing sensitive information to the disk.

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