in a production environment, and security is one of my top priorities. I’ve gone through the official documentation, but I’d love to hear directly from the community—what are some real-world best practices you follow to secure your Aerospike setup?
Are there common mistakes to avoid when it comes to user authentication, data encryption, or securing access to nodes? I’d also be interested in knowing if there are any automated tools or monitoring techniques that help detect unusual behavior.
As someone also following a Cyber Security Tutorial on the side, I’m trying to connect the dots between general security principles and specific steps I can take within Aerospike. The goal is to not just “lock it down” but do it smartly without compromising performance.
Would appreciate any advice, tips, or resources you’ve found helpful in your own experience!
Apologies for the lack of response here. I thought staff would have picked this up. The majority of security features present in Aerospike are all part of their enterprise offering which means you’ll need to obtain a license. This gets you access to encryption-at-rest, TLS, ACL, LDAP, and most of the great bells and whistles you need to get the SOX/SOC2 nod.
If you have an enterprise license, you should have access to support/SA who can help you harden your deployment- they’re exposed to plenty of setups in the wild. The things that will apply to both community and enterprise are typical internal daemon/infra things you should do:
be restrictive on a network segmentation level on who can access aerospike
