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Use Docker’s secret management commands for managing secrets in a Swarm cluster

Details

Use Docker’s in-built secret management command.

Rationale:

Docker has variouscommands for managing secrets in a Swarm cluster. This is the foundation for future secret support in Docker with potential improvements such as Windows support, different backing stores, etc.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Follow docker secret documentation and use it to manage secrets effectively.

Impact:

None

Default Value:

Not Applicable

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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