Exam CKS Topic 4 Question 17 Discussion
Actual exam question for Linux Foundation's CKS exam
Question #: 17
Topic #: 4
Question #: 17
Topic #: 4
Cluster: scanner
Master node: controlplane
Worker node: worker1
You can switch the cluster/configuration context using the following command:
[desk@cli] $ kubectl config use-context scanner
Given:
You may use Trivy's documentation.
Task:
Use the Trivy open-source container scanner to detect images with severe vulnerabilities used by Pods in the namespace nato.
Look for images with High or Critical severity vulnerabilities and delete the Pods that use those images.
Trivy is pre-installed on the cluster's master node. Use cluster's master node to use Trivy.
Master node: controlplane
Worker node: worker1
You can switch the cluster/configuration context using the following command:
[desk@cli] $ kubectl config use-context scanner
Given:
You may use Trivy's documentation.
Task:
Use the Trivy open-source container scanner to detect images with severe vulnerabilities used by Pods in the namespace nato.
Look for images with High or Critical severity vulnerabilities and delete the Pods that use those images.
Trivy is pre-installed on the cluster's master node. Use cluster's master node to use Trivy.
Suggested Answer:
[controlplane@cli] $ k get pods -n nato -o yaml | grep "image: "
[controlplane@cli] $ trivy image <image-name>
[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod <vulnerable-pod> -n nato
[desk@cli] $ ssh controlnode
[controlplane@cli] $ k get pods -n nato
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
alohmora 1/1 Running 0 3m7s
c3d3 1/1 Running 0 2m54s
neon-pod 1/1 Running 0 2m11s
thor 1/1 Running 0 58s
[controlplane@cli] $ k get pods -n nato -o yaml | grep "image: "

[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod thor -n nato
[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod neon-pod -n nato Reference: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy
[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod neon-pod -n nato Reference: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy
[controlplane@cli] $ trivy image <image-name>
[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod <vulnerable-pod> -n nato
[desk@cli] $ ssh controlnode
[controlplane@cli] $ k get pods -n nato
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
alohmora 1/1 Running 0 3m7s
c3d3 1/1 Running 0 2m54s
neon-pod 1/1 Running 0 2m11s
thor 1/1 Running 0 58s
[controlplane@cli] $ k get pods -n nato -o yaml | grep "image: "

[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod thor -n nato
[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod neon-pod -n nato Reference: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy
[controlplane@cli] $ k delete pod neon-pod -n nato Reference: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy
by Primo at Feb 04, 2025, 01:00 AM
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