Security Policy Examples for Nodes/VMs

Here, we demonstrate how to define host security policies.
Process Execution Restriction
Block a specific executable (hsp-kubearmor-dev-proc-path-block.yaml)
apiVersion: security.kubearmor.com/v1
kind: KubeArmorHostPolicy
metadata:
  name: hsp-kubearmor-dev-proc-path-block
spec:
  nodeSelector:
    matchLabels:
      kubernetes.io/hostname: kubearmor-dev
  severity: 5
  process:
    matchPaths:
    - path: /usr/bin/diff
  action:
    Block
Explanation: The purpose of this policy is to block the execution of '/usr/bin/diff' in a host whose host name is 'kubearmor-dev'. For this, we define 'kubernetes.io/hostname: kubearmor-dev' in nodeSelector -> matchLabels and the specific path ('/usr/bin/diff') in process -> matchPaths. Also, we put 'Block' as the action of this policy.
Verification: After applying this policy, please open a new terminal (or connect to the host with a new session) and run '/usr/bin/diff'. You will see that /usr/bin/diff is blocked.
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NOTE
The given policy works with almost every linux distribution. If it is not working in your case, check the process location. The following location shows location of sleep binary in different ubuntu distributions:
In case of Ubuntu 20.04 : /usr/bin/sleep
In case of Ubuntu 18.04 : /bin/sleep
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File Access Restriction
Audit a critical file access (hsp-kubearmor-dev-file-path-audit.yaml)
apiVersion: security.kubearmor.com/v1
kind: KubeArmorHostPolicy
metadata:
  name: hsp-kubearmor-dev-file-path-audit
spec:
  nodeSelector:
    matchLabels:
      kubernetes.io/hostname: kubearmor-dev
  severity: 5
  file:
    matchPaths:
    - path: /etc/passwd
  action:
    Audit
Explanation: The purpose of this policy is to audit any accesses to a critical file (i.e., '/etc/passwd'). Since we want to audit one critical file, we use matchPaths to specify the path of '/etc/passwd'.
Verification: After applying this policy, please open a new terminal (or connect to the host with a new session) and run 'sudo cat /etc/passwd'. Then, check the alert logs of KubeArmor.
System calls alerting
Alert for all unlink syscalls
apiVersion: security.kubearmor.com/v1
kind: KubeArmorHostPolicy
metadata:
  name: audit-all-unlink
spec:
  severity: 3
  nodeSelector:
        matchLabels:
          kubernetes.io/hostname: vagrant
  syscalls:
    matchSyscalls:
    - syscall:
      - unlink
  action:
    Audit
Generated telemetry
Alert on all rmdir syscalls targeting anything in /home/ directory and sub-directories
apiVersion: security.kubearmor.com/v1
kind: KubeArmorHostPolicy
metadata:
  name: audit-home-rmdir
spec:
  severity: 3
  nodeSelector:
        matchLabels:
          kubernetes.io/hostname: vagrant
  syscalls:
    matchPaths:
    - syscall:
      - rmdir
      path: /home/
      recursive: true
  action:
    Audit
Generated telemetry

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