# freach/kubernetes-security-best-practice

Kubernetes Security - Best Practice Guide

Repository: https://github.com/freach/kubernetes-security-best-practice
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubernetes-security-best-practice
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, security, best-practices, guide, best-practice
Last push: 2019-09-11T23:13:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3072, "days_push": 2548, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2706, forks 248 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.595392+00:00)

## What it is
A curated best practice guide for securing Kubernetes clusters, written by practitioners running K8s in production. It covers general system hardening, cloud provider considerations, and installer-specific security topics with severity ratings.

## Use cases
- harden a kubernetes cluster before going to production
- checklist for k8s security misconfigurations
- secure kubelet ports and firewall rules
- learn kubernetes security best practices
- audit cluster security posture
- secure kubernetes on aws with private vpc

## When to choose
- you are deploying or operating a Kubernetes cluster and want actionable security guidance
- you want a severity-ranked checklist of common K8s misconfigurations
- you are learning Kubernetes security from real-world production experience

## When to avoid
- you need automated security scanning or enforcement tooling rather than a written guide
- you need documentation for a specific managed Kubernetes service's security features
- you need up-to-date guidance for the newest Kubernetes versions, as the guide was last released in 2019

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, documentation
- domain: security, cloud-computing
- platform: cloud
- tags: kubernetes, best-practices, hardening, guide, cluster-security, devops, containers, linux

## Member repositories
- freach/kubernetes-security-best-practice (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.595392+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:15:50.602500+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/freach/kubernetes-security-best-practice (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.595392+00:00, sha b8d4fc0a3f51)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.