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EKS Clusters should have cluster control plane logging turned on

Default Severity: medium

Explanation

By default cluster control plane logging is not turned on. Logging is available for audit, api, authenticator, controllerManager and scheduler. All logging should be turned on for cluster control plane.

Possible Impact

Logging provides valuable information about access and usage

Suggested Resolution

Enable logging for the EKS control plane

Insecure Example

The following example will fail the aws-eks-enable-control-plane-logging check. 

 resource "aws_eks_cluster" "bad_example" {
     encryption_config {
         resources = [ "secrets" ]
         provider {
             key_arn = var.kms_arn
         }
     }

     name = "bad_example_cluster"
     role_arn = var.cluster_arn
     vpc_config {
         endpoint_public_access = false
     }
 }

Secure Example

The following example will pass the aws-eks-enable-control-plane-logging check. 

 resource "aws_eks_cluster" "good_example" {
     encryption_config {
         resources = [ "secrets" ]
         provider {
             key_arn = var.kms_arn
         }
     }

    enabled_cluster_log_types = ["api", "authenticator", "audit", "scheduler", "controllerManager"]

     name = "good_example_cluster"
     role_arn = var.cluster_arn
     vpc_config {
         endpoint_public_access = false
     }
 }