Security

Security Variables

Variable NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
roleBasedAccessControlCreateboolNoTruecreate RBAC resources
serviceAccountstringNo-Set ServiceAccount
securityContextSecurityContextNo{}SecurityContext holds security configuration that will be applied to a container.
podSecurityContextPodSecurityContextNo{}PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings. Some

Using RBAC Authorization

By default, RBAC is enabled.

Deploy with Kubernetes Manifests

Create logging resource with RBAC

kubectl -n logging apply -f - <<"EOF"
apiVersion: logging.banzaicloud.io/v1beta1
kind: Logging
metadata:
  name: default-logging-simple
spec:
  fluentd:
    security:
      roleBasedAccessControlCreate: true
  fluentbit:
    security:
      roleBasedAccessControlCreate: true
  controlNamespace: logging
EOF

Example Manifest Generated by the operator

Fluentd Role & RoleBinding Output

- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
  kind: Role
  metadata:
    name: logging-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentd
    namespace: logging
    ownerReferences:
    - apiVersion: logging.banzaicloud.io/v1beta1
      controller: true
      kind: Logging
  rules:
  - apiGroups:
    - ""
    resources:
    - configmaps
    - secrets
    verbs:
    - '*'

--
- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
  kind: RoleBinding
  metadata:
    annotations:
    name: logging-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentd
    namespace: logging
    ownerReferences:
    - apiVersion: logging.banzaicloud.io/v1beta1
      controller: true
      kind: Logging
  roleRef:
    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
    kind: Role
    name: logging-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentd
  subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: logging-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentd
    namespace: logging

Fluentbit ClusterRole & ClusterRoleBinding Output

kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
  annotations:
  name: logging-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentbit
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: logging.banzaicloud.io/v1beta1
    controller: true
    kind: Logging
rules:
- apiGroups:
  - ""
  resources:
  - pods
  - namespaces
  verbs:
  - get
  - list
  - watch

---
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  annotations:
  name: logging-nginx-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentbit
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: logging.banzaicloud.io/v1beta1
    controller: true
    kind: Logging
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: nginx-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentbit
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: nginx-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentbit
  namespace: logging

Service Account (SA)

Deploy with Kubernetes Manifests

Create logging resource with Service Account

kubectl -n logging apply -f - <<"EOF"
apiVersion: logging.banzaicloud.io/v1beta1
kind: Logging
metadata:
  name: default-logging-simple
spec:
  fluentd:
    security:
      serviceAccount: fluentdUser1
  fluentbit:
    security:
      serviceAccount: fluentbitUser1
  controlNamespace: logging
EOF

Security Context

Deploy with Kubernetes Manifests

Create logging resource with PSP

kubectl -n logging apply -f - <<"EOF"
apiVersion: logging.banzaicloud.io/v1beta1
kind: Logging
metadata:
  name: default-logging-simple
spec:
  fluentd:
    security:
      securityContext:
        allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
        readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
      podSecurityContext:
        fsGroup: 101
  fluentbit:
    security:
      securityContext:
        allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
      podSecurityContext:
        fsGroup: 101
  controlNamespace: logging
EOF

Example Manifest Generated by the operator

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: nginx-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentd-0
  namespace: logging
spec:
  containers:
  - image: ghcr.io/kube-logging/fluentd:v1.15
    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
    name: fluentd
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
      readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
...
  schedulerName: default-scheduler
  securityContext:
    fsGroup: 101
  serviceAccount: nginx-demo-nginx-logging-demo-logging-fluentd
...
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