Development Guide

Development

1. Vagrant Environment (Recommended)

Note Skip the steps for the vagrant setup if you're directly compiling KubeArmor on the Linux host. Proceed here to setup K8s on the same host by resolving any dependencies.

Requirements

Here is the list of requirements for a Vagrant environment
```
Vagrant - v2.2.9
VirtualBox - v6.1
```
Clone the KubeArmor github repository in your system
```
$ git clone https://github.com/kubearmor/KubeArmor.git
```
Install Vagrant and VirtualBox in your environment, go to the vagrant path and run the setup.sh file
```
$ cd KubeArmor/contribution/vagrant
~/KubeArmor/contribution/vagrant$ ./setup.sh
~/KubeArmor/contribution/vagrant$ sudo reboot
```

VM Setup using Vagrant

Now, it is time to prepare a VM for development.

To create a vagrant VM

~/KubeArmor/KubeArmor$ make vagrant-up

Output will show up as ...

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cd /home/gourav/KubeArmor/contribution/vagrant; NETNEXT=0 DLV_RPORT=2345 vagrant up; true
Bringing machine 'kubearmor-dev' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> kubearmor-dev: Importing base box 'ubuntu/bionic64'...
==> kubearmor-dev: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> kubearmor-dev: Checking if box 'ubuntu/bionic64' version '20220131.0.0' is up to date...
==> kubearmor-dev: Setting the name of the VM: kubearmor-dev
==> kubearmor-dev: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> kubearmor-dev: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    kubearmor-dev: Adapter 1: nat
==> kubearmor-dev: Forwarding ports...
    kubearmor-dev: 2345 (guest) => 2345 (host) (adapter 1)
    kubearmor-dev: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> kubearmor-dev: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations...
==> kubearmor-dev: Booting VM...
==> kubearmor-dev: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    kubearmor-dev: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
    kubearmor-dev: SSH username: vagrant
    kubearmor-dev: SSH auth method: private key
    kubearmor-dev: Warning: Connection reset. Retrying...
    kubearmor-dev: Warning: Remote connection disconnect. Retrying...
    kubearmor-dev:
    kubearmor-dev: Vagrant insecure key detected. Vagrant will automatically replace
    kubearmor-dev: this with a newly generated keypair for better security.
    kubearmor-dev:
    kubearmor-dev: Inserting generated public key within guest...
    kubearmor-dev: Removing insecure key from the guest if it's present...
    kubearmor-dev: Key inserted! Disconnecting and reconnecting using new SSH key...
==> kubearmor-dev: Machine booted and ready!
==> kubearmor-dev: Checking for guest additions in VM...
    kubearmor-dev: The guest additions on this VM do not match the installed version of
    kubearmor-dev: VirtualBox! In most cases this is fine, but in rare cases it can
    kubearmor-dev: prevent things such as shared folders from working properly. If you see
    kubearmor-dev: shared folder errors, please make sure the guest additions within the
    kubearmor-dev: virtual machine match the version of VirtualBox you have installed on
    kubearmor-dev: your host and reload your VM.
    kubearmor-dev:
    kubearmor-dev: Guest Additions Version: 5.2.42
    kubearmor-dev: VirtualBox Version: 6.1
==> kubearmor-dev: Setting hostname...
==> kubearmor-dev: Mounting shared folders...
    kubearmor-dev: /vagrant => /home/gourav/KubeArmor/contribution/vagrant
    kubearmor-dev: /home/vagrant/KubeArmor => /home/gourav/KubeArmor
==> kubearmor-dev: Running provisioner: file...
    kubearmor-dev: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub => /home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
==> kubearmor-dev: Running provisioner: shell...
    kubearmor-dev: Running: inline script
==> kubearmor-dev: Running provisioner: file...
    kubearmor-dev: ~/.gitconfig => $HOME/.gitconfig
==> kubearmor-dev: Running provisioner: shell...
    kubearmor-dev: Running: /tmp/vagrant-shell20220202-55671-bn8u0f.sh
    ...

To get into the vagrant VM

~/KubeArmor/KubeArmor$ make vagrant-ssh

Output will show up as ...

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d /home/gourav/KubeArmor/contribution/vagrant; NETNEXT=0 DLV_RPORT=2345 vagrant ssh; true
Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-167-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

  System information as of Wed Feb  2 10:35:55 UTC 2022

  System load:  0.06               Processes:              128
  Usage of /:   11.1% of 38.71GB   Users logged in:        0
  Memory usage: 10%                IP address for enp0s3:  10.0.2.15
  Swap usage:   0%                 IP address for docker0: 172.17.0.1


5 updates can be applied immediately.
1 of these updates is a standard security update.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable

New release '20.04.3 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.


vagrant@kubearmor-dev:~$

To destroy the vagrant VM

~/KubeArmor/KubeArmor$ make vagrant-destroy

VM Setup using Vagrant with Ubuntu 21.10 (v5.13)

To use the recent Linux kernel v5.13 for dev env, you can run make with the NETNEXT flag set to 1 for the respective make option.
```
~/KubeArmor/KubeArmor$ make vagrant-up NETNEXT=1
```
You can also make the setting static by changing NETNEXT=0 to NETNEXT=1 in the Makefile.
```
~/KubeArmor/KubeArmor$ vi Makefile
```

2. Self-managed Kubernetes

Requirements

Here is the list of minimum requirements for self-managed Kubernetes.
```
OS - Ubuntu 18.04
Kubernetes - v1.19
Docker - 18.09 or Containerd - 1.3.7
Linux Kernel - v4.15
LSM - AppArmor
```
KubeArmor is designed for Kubernetes environment. If Kubernetes is not setup yet, please refer to Kubernetes installation guide. KubeArmor leverages CRI (Container Runtime Interfaces) APIs and works with Docker or Containerd or CRIO based container runtimes. KubeArmor uses LSMs for policy enforcement; thus, please make sure that your environment supports LSMs (either AppArmor or bpf-lsm). Otherwise, KubeArmor will operate in Audit-Mode with no policy "enforcement" support.

Alternative Setup

You can try the following alternative if you face any difficulty in the above Kubernetes (kubeadm) setup.

Note Please make sure to set up the alternative k8s environment on the same host where the KubeArmor development environment is running.
- K3s
  
  You can also develop and test KubeArmor on K3s instead of the self-managed Kubernetes. Please follow the instructions in K3s installation guide.
- MicroK8s
  
  You can also develop and test KubeArmor on MicroK8s instead of the self-managed Kubernetes. Please follow the instructions in MicroK8s installation guide.
- No Support - Docker Desktops
  
  KubeArmor does not work with Docker Desktops on Windows and macOS because KubeArmor integrates with Linux-kernel native primitives (including LSMs).
Development Setup

In order to install all dependencies, please run the following command.
```
$ cd KubeArmor/contribution/self-managed-k8s
~/KubeArmor/contribution/self-managed-k8s$ ./setup.sh
```
setup.sh will automatically install BCC, Go, Protobuf, and some other dependencies.

Now, you are ready to develop any code for KubeArmor. Enjoy your journey with KubeArmor.

3. Environment Check

Compilation

Check if KubeArmor can be compiled on your environment without any problems.
```
$ cd KubeArmor/KubeArmor
~/KubeArmor/KubeArmor$ make
```
If you see any error messages, please let us know the issue with the full error messages through KubeArmor's slack.
Execution

In order to directly run KubeArmor in a host (not as a container), you need to run a local proxy in advance.
```
$ kubectl proxy &
```
Then, run KubeArmor on your environment.
```
$ cd KubeArmor/KubeArmor
~/KubeArmor/KubeArmor$ make run
```
Note If you have followed all the above steps and still getting the warning The node information is not available, then this could be due to the case-sensitivity discrepancy in the actual hostname (obtained by running hostname) and the hostname used by Kubernetes (under kubectl get nodes -o wide).
K8s converts the hostname to lowercase, which results in a mismatch with the actual hostname.
To resolve this, change the hostname to lowercase using the command hostnamectl set-hostname <lowercase-hostname>.
KubeArmor Controller

Starting from KubeArmor v0.11 - annotations, container policies, and host policies are handled via kubearmor controller, the controller code can be found under pkg/KubeArmorController.

To install the controller from KubeArmor docker repository run
```
$ cd KubeArmor/pkg/KubeArmorController
~/KubeArmor/pkg/KubeArmorController$ make deploy
```
To install the controller (local version) to your cluster run
```
$ cd KubeArmor/pkg/KubeArmorController
~/KubeArmor/pkg/KubeArmorController$ make docker-build deploy
```
if you need to setup a local registry to push you image, use docker-registry.sh script under ~/KubeArmor/contribution/local-registry directory

Code Directories

Here, we briefly give you an overview of KubeArmor's directories.

Source code for KubeArmor (/KubeArmor)

KubeArmor/
  BPF                  - eBPF code for system monitor
  common               - Libraries internally used
  config               - Configuration loader
  core                 - The main body (start point) of KubeArmor
  enforcer             - Runtime policy enforcer (enforcing security policies into LSMs)
  feeder               - gRPC-based feeder (sending audit/system logs to a log server)
  kvmAgent             - KubeArmor VM agent
  log                  - Message logger (stdout)
  monitor              - eBPF-based system monitor (mapping process IDs to container IDs)
  policy               - gRPC service to manage Host Policies for VM environments
  types                - Type definitions
protobuf/              - Protocol buffer

Source code for KubeArmor Controller (CRD)

pkg/KubeArmorController/  - KubeArmorController generated by Kube-Builder for KubeArmor Annotations, KubeArmorPolicy and KubeArmorHostPolicy

Deployment tools and files for KubeArmor

deployments/
  <cloud-platform-name>   - Deployments specific to respective cloud platform (deprecated - use karmor install or helm)
  controller              - Deployments for installing KubeArmorController alongwith cert-manager
  CRD                     - KubeArmorPollicy and KubeArmorHostPolicy CRDs
  get                     - Stores source code for deploygen, a tool used for specifying kubearmor deployments
  helm/
      KubeArmor           - KubeArmor's Helm chart
      KubeArmorOperator   - KubeArmorOperator's Helm chart

Files for testing

examples/     - Example microservices for testing
tests/        - Automated test framework for KubeArmor

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