Configuration

Configuration of the operator's Pod is done via environment variables at startup.

NAME	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION
`OPERATOR_NAMESPACE`	N/A	See Install modes
`OPERATOR_TARGET_NAMESPACES`	N/A	See Install modes
`OPERATOR_EXCLUDE_NAMESPACES`	N/A	A comma separated list of namespaces (or glob patterns) to be excluded from scanning in all namespaces Install mode.
`OPERATOR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT`	`starboard-operator`	The name of the service account assigned to the operator's pod
`OPERATOR_LOG_DEV_MODE`	`false`	The flag to use (or not use) development mode (more human-readable output, extra stack traces and logging information, etc).
`OPERATOR_SCAN_JOB_TIMEOUT`	`5m`	The length of time to wait before giving up on a scan job
`OPERATOR_CONCURRENT_SCAN_JOBS_LIMIT`	`10`	The maximum number of scan jobs create by the operator
`OPERATOR_SCAN_JOB_RETRY_AFTER`	`30s`	The duration to wait before retrying a failed scan job
`OPERATOR_BATCH_DELETE_LIMIT`	`10`	The maximum number of config audit reports deleted by the operator when the plugin's config has changed.
`OPERATOR_BATCH_DELETE_DELAY`	`10s`	The duration to wait before deleting another batch of config audit reports.
`OPERATOR_METRICS_BIND_ADDRESS`	`:8080`	The TCP address to bind to for serving Prometheus metrics. It can be set to `0` to disable the metrics serving.
`OPERATOR_HEALTH_PROBE_BIND_ADDRESS`	`:9090`	The TCP address to bind to for serving health probes, i.e. `/healthz/` and `/readyz/` endpoints.
`OPERATOR_CIS_KUBERNETES_BENCHMARK_ENABLED`	`true`	The flag to enable CIS Kubernetes Benchmark scanner
`OPERATOR_VULNERABILITY_SCANNER_ENABLED`	`true`	The flag to enable vulnerability scanner
`OPERATOR_CONFIG_AUDIT_SCANNER_ENABLED`	`false`	The flag to enable plugin-based configuration audit scanner
`OPERATOR_CONFIG_AUDIT_SCANNER_SCAN_ONLY_CURRENT_REVISIONS`	`false`	The flag to enable config audit scanner to only scan the current revision of a deployment
`OPERATOR_CONFIG_AUDIT_SCANNER_BUILTIN`	`true`	The flag to enable built-in configuration audit scanner
`OPERATOR_VULNERABILITY_SCANNER_SCAN_ONLY_CURRENT_REVISIONS`	`false`	The flag to enable vulnerability scanner to only scan the current revision of a deployment
`OPERATOR_VULNERABILITY_SCANNER_REPORT_TTL`	`""`	The flag to set how long a vulnerability report should exist. When a old report is deleted a new one will be created by the controller. It can be set to `""` to disabled the TTL for vulnerability scanner.
`OPERATOR_LEADER_ELECTION_ENABLED`	`false`	The flag to enable operator replica leader election
`OPERATOR_LEADER_ELECTION_ID`	`starboard-lock`	The name of the resource lock for leader election
`OPERATOR_CLUSTER_COMPLIANCE_ENABLED`	`true`	The flag to enable Cluster Compliance report generation

Install Modes¶

The values of the OPERATOR_NAMESPACE and OPERATOR_TARGET_NAMESPACES determine the install mode, which in turn determines the multitenancy support of the operator.

MODE	OPERATOR_NAMESPACE	OPERATOR_TARGET_NAMESPACES	DESCRIPTION
OwnNamespace	`operators`	`operators`	The operator can be configured to watch events in the namespace it is deployed in.
SingleNamespace	`operators`	`foo`	The operator can be configured to watch for events in a single namespace that the operator is not deployed in.
MultiNamespace	`operators`	`foo,bar,baz`	The operator can be configured to watch for events in more than one namespace.
AllNamespaces	`operators`	(blank string)	The operator can be configured to watch for events in all namespaces.