This article details how to enable TLS 1.1 on the ingress-nginx controller in Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) CLI or Rancher v2.x provisioned Kubernetes clusters.

Pre-requisites

Resolution

Configuration for RKE provisioned clusters

  1. Edit the cluster configuration YAML file to include the ssl-protocols option for the ingress, as follows:

      ingress:
    provider: nginx
    options:
      ssl-protocols: "TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2"

  2. Apply the changes to the cluster by invoking rke up:

    rke up --config <cluster configuration yaml file>

  3. Verify the new configuration:

    for pod in $(kubectl get pods -l app=ingress-nginx -n ingress-nginx --no-headers -o name | awk -F '/' '{print $2}'); do echo -n "Checking $pod .... "; kubectl -n ingress-nginx exec "$pod" -- bash -c "cat /etc/nginx/nginx.conf | grep ssl_protocols | grep '1.1' > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'Good' || echo 'Bad'"; done

Configuration for Rancher provisioned clusters

  1. Login into the Rancher UI.

  2. Go to Global -> Clusters -> Cluster Name

  3. From the Cluster Dashboard, edit the cluster by Clicking on “⋮” then select Edit.

  4. Click “Edit as YAML.”

  5. Include the ssl-protocols option for the ingress, as follows:

    ingress:
  provider: nginx
  options:
    ssl-protocols: "TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2"

  6. Click “Save” at the bottom of the page.

  7. Wait for the cluster to finish upgrading.

  8. Go back to the Cluster Dashboard and click “Launch kubectl.”

  9. Run the following inside the kubectl CLI to verify the new argument:

    for pod in $(kubectl get pods -l app=ingress-nginx -n ingress-nginx --no-headers -o name | awk -F '/' '{print $2}'); do echo -n "Checking $pod .... "; kubectl -n ingress-nginx exec "$pod" -- bash -c "cat /etc/nginx/nginx.conf | grep ssl_protocols | grep '1.1' > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'Good' || echo 'Bad'"; done