KubeArmor currently supports enabling visibility for containers and hosts.
Visibility for hosts is not enabled by default, however it is enabled by default for containers .
The karmor
tool provides access to both using karmor logs
.
Available visibility options:
- Process
- Files
- Networks
- If you don't have access to a K8s cluster, please follow this to set one up.
- karmor CLI tool: Download and install karmor-cli
- To deploy wordpress-mysql app follow this
- Now we need to deploy some sample policies
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor/main/examples/wordpress-mysql/security-policies/ksp-wordpress-block-process.yaml
This sample policy blocks execution of the apt
and apt-get
commands in wordpress pods with label selector app: wordpress
.
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Checking default visibility
- Container visibility is enabled by default. We can check it using
kubectl describe
and grepkubearmor-visibility
POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n wordpress-mysql -l app=wordpress -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') && kubectl describe -n wordpress-mysql pod $POD_NAME | grep kubearmor-visibility kubearmor-visibility: process, file, network, capabilities
- For pre-existing workloads : Enable visibility using
kubectl annotate
. Currently KubeArmor supportsprocess
,file
,network
,capabilities
kubectl annotate pods <pod-name> -n wordpress-mysql "kubearmor-visibility=process,file,network,capabilities"
- Container visibility is enabled by default. We can check it using
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Open up a terminal, and watch logs using the
karmor
clikarmor logs
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In another terminal, simulate a policy violation . Try
sleep
inside a podPOD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n wordpress-mysql -l app=wordpress -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') && kubectl -n wordpress-mysql exec -it $POD_NAME -- bash # apt update
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In the terminal running
karmor logs
, the policy violation along with container visibility is shown, in this case for exampleClick to expand
== Alert / 2023-01-04 04:58:37.689182 == ClusterName: default HostName: sibashi-asus NamespaceName: wordpress-mysql PodName: wordpress-787f45786f-mm2bm Labels: app=wordpress ContainerName: wordpress ContainerID: 9af5246810fd0a732e74d391b32b95f65e4c08e655d1ab10b49b04b148cc1c24 ContainerImage: docker.io/library/wordpress:4.8-apache@sha256:6216f64ab88fc51d311e38c7f69ca3f9aaba621492b4f1fa93ddf63093768845 Type: MatchedPolicy PolicyName: ksp-wordpress-block-process Severity: 3 Source: /bin/bash Resource: /usr/bin/apt update Operation: Process Action: Block Data: syscall=SYS_EXECVE Enforcer: AppArmor Result: Permission denied HostPID: 17462 HostPPID: 17293 PID: 199 PPID: 193 ParentProcessName: /bin/bash ProcessName: /usr/bin/apt
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The logs can also be generated in JSON format using
karmor logs --json
Click to expand
{ "Timestamp":1672808328, "UpdatedTime":"2023-01-04T04:58:48.838991Z", "ClusterName":"default","HostName":"sibashi-asus", "NamespaceName":"wordpress-mysql","PodName":"wordpress-787f45786f-mm2bm", "Labels":"app=wordpress", "ContainerID":"9af5246810fd0a732e74d391b32b95f65e4c08e655d1ab10b49b04b148cc1c24", "ContainerName":"wordpress", "ContainerImage":"docker.io/library/wordpress:4.8-apache@sha256:6216f64ab88fc51d311e38c7f69ca3f9aaba621492b4f1fa93ddf63093768845", "HostPPID":17293, "HostPID":17526, "PPID":193, "PID":200, "ParentProcessName":"/bin/bash", "ProcessName":"/usr/bin/apt", "PolicyName":"ksp-wordpress-block-process", "Severity":"3", "Type":"MatchedPolicy", "Source":"/bin/bash", "Operation":"Process", "Resource":"/usr/bin/apt update", "Data":"syscall=SYS_EXECVE", "Enforcer":"AppArmor", "Action":"Block", "Result":"Permission denied" }
- Host Visibility is not enabled by default . To enable Host Visibility we need to annotate the node using
kubectl annotate node
kubectl annotate node <node-name> "kubearmor-visibility=process,file,network,capabilities"
- To confirm it use
kubectl describe
and grepkubearmor-visibility
kubectl describe node <node-name> | grep kubearmor-visibility
- Now we can get general telemetry events in the context of the host using
karmor logs
.The logs related to Host Visibility will have typeType: HostLog
andOperation: File | Process | Network
karmor logs --logFilter=all
Click to expand
== Alert / 2023-01-04 04:58:37.689182 ==
== Log / 2023-01-27 14:41:49.017709 ==
ClusterName: default
HostName: kubearmor-dev2
Type: HostLog
Source: /usr/bin/dockerd
Resource: /usr/bin/runc --version
Operation: Process
Data: syscall=SYS_EXECVE
Result: Passed
HostPID: 193088
HostPPID: 914
PID: 193088
PPID: 914
ParentProcessName: /usr/bin/dockerd
ProcessName: /usr/bin/runc
== Log / 2023-01-27 14:41:49.018951 ==
ClusterName: default
HostName: kubearmor-dev2
Type: HostLog
Source: /usr/bin/runc --version
Resource: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Operation: File
Data: syscall=SYS_OPENAT fd=-100 flags=O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC
Result: Passed
HostPID: 193088
HostPPID: 914
PID: 193088
PPID: 914
ParentProcessName: /usr/bin/dockerd
ProcessName: /usr/bin/runc
== Log / 2023-01-27 14:41:49.018883 ==
ClusterName: default
HostName: kubearmor-dev2
Type: HostLog
Source: /usr/bin/runc --version
Resource: /etc/ld.so.cache
Operation: File
Data: syscall=SYS_OPENAT fd=-100 flags=O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC
Result: Passed
HostPID: 193088
HostPPID: 914
PID: 193088
PPID: 914
ParentProcessName: /usr/bin/dockerd
ProcessName: /usr/bin/runc
== Log / 2023-01-27 14:41:49.020905 ==
ClusterName: default
HostName: kubearmor-dev2
Type: HostLog
Source: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/data/2949af7261ce923f6a5091396d266a0e9d9436dcee976fcd548edc324eb277bb/bin/k3s
Resource: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/data/2949af7261ce923f6a5091396d266a0e9d9436dcee976fcd548edc324eb277bb/bin/portmap
Operation: Process
Data: syscall=SYS_EXECVE
Result: Passed
HostPID: 193090
HostPPID: 5627
PID: 193090
PPID: 5627
ParentProcessName: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/data/2949af7261ce923f6a5091396d266a0e9d9436dcee976fcd548edc324eb277bb/bin/k3s
ProcessName: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/data/2949af7261ce923f6a5091396d266a0e9d9436dcee976fcd548edc324eb277bb/bin/portmap
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The logs can also be generated in JSON format using
karmor logs --logFilter=all --json
Click to expand
{ "Timestamp": 1674889485, "UpdatedTime": "2023-01-28T07:04:45.436854Z", "ClusterName": "default", "HostName": "kubearmor-dev2", "ParentProcessName": "/usr/bin/containerd-shim", "ProcessName": "/usr/bin/containerd", "HostPPID": 80989, "HostPID": 614074, "PPID": 80989, "PID": 614074, "Type": "HostLog", "Source": "/usr/bin/containerd --address /run/containerd/containerd.sock publish --topic /tasks/exit --namespace moby", "Operation": "File", "Resource": "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", "Data": "syscall=SYS_OPENAT fd=-100 flags=O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC", "Result": "Passed", }, { "Timestamp": 1674889485, "UpdatedTime": "2023-01-28T07:04:45.440804Z", "ClusterName": "default", "HostName": "kubearmor-dev2", "ParentProcessName": "/usr/bin/containerd-shim", "ProcessName": "/usr/bin/containerd", "HostPPID": 80989, "HostPID": 614074, "PPID": 80989, "PID": 614074, "Type": "HostLog", "Source": "/usr/bin/containerd --address /run/containerd/containerd.sock publish --topic /tasks/exit --namespace moby", "Operation": "File", "Resource": "/usr/bin/containerd", "Data": "syscall=SYS_OPENAT fd=-100 flags=O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC", "Result": "Passed", }, { "Timestamp": 1674889485, "UpdatedTime": "2023-01-28T07:04:45.427658Z", "ClusterName": "default", "HostName": "kubearmor-dev2", "ParentProcessName": "/bin/bash", "ProcessName": "/usr/bin/pgrep", "HostPPID": 614066, "HostPID": 614073, "PPID": 614066, "PID": 614073, "Type": "HostLog", "Source": "/bin/bash", "Operation": "Process", "Resource": "/usr/bin/pgrep kubearmor", "Data": "syscall=SYS_EXECVE", "Result": "Passed", }, { "Timestamp": 1674889485, "UpdatedTime": "2023-01-28T07:04:45.450454Z", "ClusterName": "default", "HostName": "kubearmor-dev2", "ParentProcessName": "/usr/bin/containerd-shim", "ProcessName": "/usr/bin/containerd", "HostPPID": 80989, "HostPID": 614074, "PPID": 80989, "PID": 614074, "Type": "HostLog", "Source": "/usr/bin/containerd --address /run/containerd/containerd.sock publish --topic /tasks/exit --namespace moby", "Operation": "Network", "Resource": "domain=AF_UNIX type=SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_NONBLOCK|SOCK_CLOEXEC protocol=0", "Data": "syscall=SYS_SOCKET", "Result": "Passed" }
KubeArmor has the ability to let the user select what kind of events have to be traced by changing the annotation kubearmor-visibility
at the namespace.
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Checking Namespace visibility
- Namespace visibility can be checked using
kubectl describe
.
kubectl describe ns wordpress-mysql | grep kubearmor-visibility kubearmor-visibility: process, file, network, capabilities
- To update the visibility of namespace : Now let's update Kubearmor visibility using
kubectl annotate
. Currently KubeArmor supportsprocess
,file
,network
,capabilities
. Lets try to update visibility for the namespacewordpress-mysql
kubectl annotate ns wordpress-mysql kubearmor-visibility=network --overwrite "namespace/wordpress-mysql annotated"
Note: To turn off the visibility across all aspects, use
kubearmor-visibility=none
. Note that any policy violations or events that results in non-success returns would still be reported in the logs. - Namespace visibility can be checked using
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Open up a terminal, and watch logs using the
karmor
clikarmor logs --logFilter=all -n wordpress-mysql
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In another terminal, let's exec into the pod and run some process commands . Try
ls
inside the podPOD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n wordpress-mysql -l app=wordpress -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') && kubectl -n wordpress-mysql exec -it $POD_NAME -- bash # ls
Now, we can notice that no logs have been generated for the above command and logs with only
Operation: Network
are shown.Note If telemetry is disabled, the user wont get audit event even if there is an audit rule.
Note Only the logs are affected by changing the visibility, we still get all the alerts that are generated.
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Let's simulate a sample policy violation, and see whether we still get alerts or not.
- Policy violation :
POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n wordpress-mysql -l app=wordpress -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') && kubectl -n wordpress-mysql exec -it $POD_NAME -- bash #apt
Here, note that the alert with
Operation: Process
is reported.Click to expand
== Alert / 2023-04-21 10:54:16.167986 == ClusterName: default HostName: aryan-vm NamespaceName: wordpress-mysql PodName: wordpress-c4bf5b44b-wsfkg Labels: app=wordpress ContainerName: wordpress ContainerID: f6fa783eac62b3cc315059c349e88aa851bd87e3e8d4e91ac539dc2a6ca71ae6 ContainerImage: wordpress:4.8-apache@sha256:6216f64ab88fc51d311e38c7f69ca3f9aaba621492b4f1fa93ddf63093768845 Type: MatchedPolicy PolicyName: ksp-wordpress-block-process Severity: 3 Source: /bin/bash Resource: /usr/bin/apt Operation: Process Action: Block Data: syscall=SYS_EXECVE Enforcer: AppArmor Result: Permission denied HostPID: 1.252628e+06 HostPPID: 1.251261e+06 PID: 200 PPID: 192 ParentProcessName: /bin/bash ProcessName: /usr/bin/apt