Azure Kubernetes Cluster (AKS) Nodes Don't Limit the Maximum Pods to Greater than 50

Description

Code Example

resource "azurerm_kubernetes_cluster" "example" {
  name                = "example-aks"
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name

  default_node_pool {
    name       = "default"
+   max_pods   = 50
  }

  tags = {
    Environment = "dev"
  }
}

# OR For separate node pool

resource "azurerm_kubernetes_cluster_node_pool" "example" {
  name                  = "example"
  kubernetes_cluster_id = azurerm_kubernetes_cluster.example.id
+ max_pods              = 50
}

Remediation

Terraform

• Resource: azurerm_kubernetes_cluster, azurerm_kubernetes_cluster_node_pool
• Arguments: max_pods

Rule Details

Field	Value
ID	IAC-0675
Severity	LOW
IaC Type	arm
Frameworks	Terraform,
Checkov ID	CKV_AZURE_168

References

• Checkov Rule

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