More Info:

Alpha clusters are not covered by an SLA and are not production-ready.

Risk Level

Critical

Address

Security, Reliability, Operational Excellence, Performance Efficiency

Compliance Standards

CISGKE

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

To remediate the misconfiguration “Ensure Alpha Clusters Are Not Used For Production” in GCP using GCP console, follow the below steps:

  1. Open the GCP Console and navigate to the Kubernetes Engine page.

  2. Select the cluster that you want to reconfigure.

  3. Click on the Edit button at the top of the page.

  4. In the Edit Cluster page, scroll down to the Node Pools section.

  5. Locate the alpha node pool and click on the trash can icon to delete it.

  6. In the confirmation dialog box, click on Delete to confirm the deletion.

  7. Once the alpha node pool is deleted, click on the Save button at the bottom of the page to save the changes.

  8. Verify that the alpha node pool is no longer present in the cluster.

By following these steps, you have successfully remediated the misconfiguration “Ensure Alpha Clusters Are Not Used For Production” in GCP using GCP console.

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