🔐 Teleport

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Teleport is a platform for secure access to SSH, Kubernetes, database, internal apps, and more, with fine-grained-access-controls and audit-logging. It is designed to address the challenges around access, DevSecOps, and deploying secure systems at scale.

🌐 Project Homepage: Teleport
📜 Documentation: Teleport Docs


🔍 Overview

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Teleport provides a unified access plane for managing secure access to infrastructure, apps, and databases. It offers enterprise-grade security features and scalability while simplifying user and role management.

Why Use Teleport?

  • Secure Access: Centralizes access management for multiple services and resources.

  • Audit Logs: Keeps track of every access request for security and compliance.

  • Role-based Access Control ( RBAC): Allows fine-grained control over who can access specific resources.

  • Cloud-Native: Supports dynamic, large-scale environments such as Kubernetes and cloud-infrastructure.


🛠️ Features

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Teleport ensures high security and control over system access:

  • 🔑 SSH Access: Secure SSH access to servers, with automatic session recording.

  • 🌐 Kubernetes Access: Manage access to Kubernetes clusters without needing to distribute kubeconfigs.

  • 🧑‍💻 Database Access: Securely access database with strong authentication mechanisms.

  • 🔒 Audit Trails: Keep track of all access requests, ensuring compliance and security.

  • 🚀 Cloud Integration: Easily integrate with cloud-environments and dynamic infrastructure.


🏃 Getting Started

🧑‍💻 Install Teleport

To install Teleport, follow the instructions for your platform on the Teleport Docs. For example, on a Linux system:

curl https://get.gravitational.com/teleport-v7.1.0-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz -o teleport.tar.gz
tar -xvzf teleport.tar.gz
sudo mv teleport /usr/local/bin/teleport

Once installed, you can start Teleport by running:

teleport start

🔧 Configuration

👥 Users and Roles

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To manage users and roles in Teleport, refer to the Role Templates guide.

  • Creating Roles: Define roles for users to specify the resources they can access and the permissions they have.

  • Assigning Roles: Assign users to specific roles to manage access based on the principle of least privilege.


TCTL

To manage nodes and other resources via the command line, Teleport uses tctl:

🖥️ Adding Nodes

To add a new node with specific roles, run:

tctl nodes add --roles=<node,app,kube,proxy,...> --ttl=1h

This will add a new node to your Teleport environment with the specified roles.


  • Kubernetes — Container orchestration platform supported by Teleport.

  • HashiCorp Vault — Secret management tool that can integrate with Teleport for secure access.

  • Docker — Use Teleport for secure access to Docker containers and services.


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