MicroK8s Security

Secure Your MicroK8s Clusters

Canonical MicroK8s security with 83+ CIS Benchmark checks. Snap-based architecture validation, add-on security, and enterprise HA support.

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MicroK8s Overview
Clusters
15
HA Clusters
5
Add-ons
48
Checks
83+
Critical1
Dashboard exposed
High4
Add-on issues

Built for MicroK8s

Snap-aware security for Canonical Kubernetes

Snap
Confinement

Secure packaging

Add-ons
Validation

Built-in services

HA
Clusters

Distributed dqlite

RBAC
Access Control

Enterprise ready

Complete MicroK8s Security Posture Management

From snap confinement to HA clusters, secure every MicroK8s deployment

MicroK8s Security Dashboard
MicroK8s Security Score88
83+ checks passed
✓ Snap Channel1.28/stable
⚠ Add-ons2 issues
✓ RBACEnabled
✓ DNSSecure
MicroK8s

Snap-Based Kubernetes Security

Security scanning designed for MicroK8s snap architecture. Validate add-on configurations, channel security, and confinement settings.

  • Snap Confinement
    Validate snap strict confinement and security settings
  • Channel Security
    Track MicroK8s version channels and security patches
  • Add-on Validation
    Audit enabled add-ons for security misconfigurations
Add-ons Security
Enabled12
Active add-ons
Secure10
Properly configured
Issues2
Need attention
Dashboard:Token Auth
Add-ons

MicroK8s Add-on Security Validation

Comprehensive security validation for MicroK8s add-ons. Check dashboard exposure, Istio configuration, registry security, and GPU access.

  • Dashboard Security
    Validate Kubernetes dashboard exposure and authentication
  • Ingress Security
    Audit ingress/nginx add-on TLS and configuration
  • Registry Security
    Check built-in registry access controls
Enterprise Security
HA Nodes
5
Workers
12
✓ HA Enabled
Distributed dqlite backend
✓ RBAC Enabled
Role-based access control active
Enterprise

Enterprise MicroK8s & High Availability

Security validation for enterprise MicroK8s deployments including HA clusters, RBAC, and integration with Canonical support.

  • HA Clusters
    Validate high-availability cluster security configurations
  • Enterprise RBAC
    Audit role-based access control configurations
  • Hardening
    Apply CIS Kubernetes Benchmark hardening

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about MicroK8s security with TigerGate

TigerGate connects to MicroK8s using the kubeconfig generated by `microk8s config`. You can create a read-only ServiceAccount or use the default admin token for initial scans. We support both single-node and HA MicroK8s deployments.
Yes! TigerGate validates security configurations for MicroK8s add-ons including dns, dashboard, ingress, istio, registry, gpu, storage, metallb, and more. We check for exposed services, weak authentication, and misconfigurations.
TigerGate runs MicroK8s-specific checks including: snap confinement validation, channel/version security, add-on configurations, dqlite HA security, RBAC enablement, containerd configuration, and cluster join token security.
Yes! TigerGate fully supports MicroK8s high-availability clusters with distributed dqlite. We validate HA-specific configurations including node membership, leader election, and cluster consistency.
Yes! While MicroK8s is a Canonical product, it runs on many Linux distributions via snap. TigerGate supports MicroK8s on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, and other snap-enabled distributions.

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