collectd_selinux(8)

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💖 collectd_selinux — the SELinux glow-up for your collectd processes 💖

okay bestie so this is the collectd_selinux(8) page, from the SELinux Policy collectd crew. it's giving "mandatory access control but make it cute" — let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

collectd_selinux — the Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the collectd processes. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Security-Enhanced Linux secures the collectd processes via flexible mandatory access control. like, it's not mean about it, it's just very clear about boundaries. 💅

The collectd processes execute with the collectd_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier.

for example, run this little cutie:

ps -eZ | grep collectd_t

✨ ENTRYPOINTS ✨

The collectd_t SELinux type can be entered via the collectd_exec_t file type. so that's the doorway, bestie. 🚪

The default entrypoint paths for the collectd_t domain are:

/usr/bin/collectd

👑 PROCESS TYPES 👑

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system. iconic behaviour, honestly.

You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps.

Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux collectd policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their collectd processes in as secure a method as possible. 🫶

The following process types are defined for collectd:

collectd_t, collectd_script_t

Note: semanage permissive -a collectd_t can be used to make the process type collectd_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated. so like… it's chill but it's still watching, iykyk 👀

🍓 BOOLEANS 🍓

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. collectd policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run collectd with the tightest access possible. slay, boundaries. 💖

If you want to determine whether collectd can connect to the network using TCP, you must turn on the collectd_tcp_network_connect boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P collectd_tcp_network_connect 1

If you want to dontaudit all daemons scheduling requests (setsched, sys_nice), you must turn on the daemons_dontaudit_scheduling boolean. Enabled by default.

setsebool -P daemons_dontaudit_scheduling 1

If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.

setsebool -P fips_mode 1

If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P nis_enabled 1

If you want to support ecryptfs home directories, you must turn on the use_ecryptfs_home_dirs boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P use_ecryptfs_home_dirs 1

🌈 PORT TYPES 🌈

SELinux defines port types to represent TCP and UDP ports.

You can see the types associated with a port by using the following command:

semanage port -l

Policy governs the access confined processes have to these ports. SELinux collectd policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their collectd processes in as secure a method as possible. 💜

The following port types are defined for collectd:

collectd_port_t

Default Defined Ports:

udp 25826

💀 MANAGED FILES 💀

The SELinux process type collectd_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these file types. Note: the process's UID still needs to have DAC permissions — SELinux isn't out here overriding your regular perms, bestie. 🫶

`cluster_conf_t`

/etc/cluster(/.*)?

`cluster_var_lib_t`

/var/lib/pcsd(/.*)?
/var/lib/cluster(/.*)?
/var/lib/openais(/.*)?
/var/lib/pengine(/.*)?
/var/lib/corosync(/.*)?
/usr/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/heartbeat(/.*)?
/var/lib/pacemaker(/.*)?

`cluster_var_run_t`

/run/crm(/.*)?
/run/cman_.*
/run/rsctmp(/.*)?
/run/aisexec.*
/run/heartbeat(/.*)?
/run/pcsd-ruby.socket
/run/corosync-qnetd(/.*)?
/run/corosync-qdevice(/.*)?
/run/pcsd.socket
/run/corosync.pid
/run/cpglockd.pid
/run/rgmanager.pid
/run/cluster/rgmanager.sk

`collectd_log_t`

/var/log/collectd.log
/var/log/collectd(/.*)?
/var/log/collectd.json.log

`collectd_var_lib_t`

/var/lib/collectd(/.*)?

`collectd_var_run_t`

/run/collectd(/.*)?
/run/collectd.pid
/run/collectd-unixsock

`ecryptfs_t`

/home/[^/]+/.Private(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.ecryptfs(/.*)?

`krb5_host_rcache_t`

/var/tmp/krb5_0.rcache2
/var/cache/krb5rcache(/.*)?
/var/tmp/nfs_0
/var/tmp/DNS_25
/var/tmp/host_0
/var/tmp/imap_0
/var/tmp/HTTP_23
/var/tmp/HTTP_48
/var/tmp/ldap_55
/var/tmp/ldap_487
/var/tmp/ldapmap1_0

`root_t`

/sysroot/.aleph-version.json
/sysroot/ostree/deploy/.*-atomic/deploy(/.*)?
/
/initrd
/var/lib/ntp

🧚 FILE CONTEXTS 🧚

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type. yes, files have auras. ✨

You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls.

Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files. SELinux collectd policy is very flexible, allowing users to set up their collectd processes in as secure a method as possible. 💅

EQUIVALENCE DIRECTORIES

collectd policy stores data with multiple different file context types under the /var/log/collectd directory. If you would like to store the data in a different directory you can use the semanage command to create an equivalence mapping. If you wanted to store this data under the /srv directory you would execute the following command:

semanage fcontext -a -e /var/log/collectd /srv/collectd
restorecon -R -v /srv/collectd

STANDARD FILE CONTEXT

SELinux defines the file context types for the collectd. If you wanted to store files with these types in different paths, you need to execute the semanage command to specify alternate labeling and then use restorecon to put the labels on disk.

semanage fcontext -a -t collectd_exec_t '/srv/collectd/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mycollectd_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files. regex girlies rise 🙈

The following file types are defined for collectd:

`collectd_content_t`

Set files with the collectd_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as collectd content.

`collectd_exec_t`

Set files with the collectd_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the collectd_t domain.

`collectd_htaccess_t`

Set files with the collectd_htaccess_t type, if you want to treat the file as a collectd access file.

`collectd_initrc_exec_t`

Set files with the collectd_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the collectd_initrc_t domain.

`collectd_log_t`

Set files with the collectd_log_t type, if you want to treat the data as collectd log data, usually stored under the /var/log directory.

Paths:

/var/log/collectd.log, /var/log/collectd(/.*)?,
/var/log/collectd.json.log

`collectd_ra_content_t`

Set files with the collectd_ra_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as collectd read/append content.

`collectd_rw_content_t`

Set files with the collectd_rw_content_t type, if you want to treat the files as collectd read/write content.

`collectd_script_exec_t`

Set files with the collectd_script_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the collectd_script_t domain.

`collectd_script_tmp_t`

Set files with the collectd_script_tmp_t type, if you want to store collectd script temporary files in the /tmp directories.

`collectd_unit_file_t`

Set files with the collectd_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as collectd unit content.

`collectd_var_lib_t`

Set files with the collectd_var_lib_t type, if you want to store the collectd files under the /var/lib directory.

`collectd_var_run_t`

Set files with the collectd_var_run_t type, if you want to store the collectd files under the /run or /var/run directory.

Paths:

/run/collectd(/.*)?, /run/collectd.pid, /run/collectd-unixsock

Note: file context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command. If you want to permanently change the file context you need to use the semanage fcontext command. This will modify the SELinux labeling database. You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels. chcon is the temporary tattoo, semanage fcontext is the real one, periodt. 💀

⭐ COMMANDS ⭐

semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context mappings.
semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a process type is permissive.
semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove policy modules.
semanage port can also be used to manipulate the port definitions.
semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans.
system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings. for the besties who like buttons 🎀

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. no cap, a machine wrote this and we're still serving looks. 🤖💅

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

selinux(8), collectd(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8), collectd_script_selinux(8)

and that's the whole page bestie! 🌸 this one came from collectd, dated 26-10-06, and it's the collectd_selinux(8) manual — go forth and label your files correctly, mwah 💖🦋

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