keepalived_selinux(8)

🌸 keepalived_selinux 💖

hey bestie!! so you're here about the SELinux policy for keepalived and honestly? iconic of you to check the manual first. this is the keepalived_selinux page from the SELinux Policy keepalived collection, and i'm gonna walk you through it like we're gossiping at a sleepover. no cap, every single detail is staying put. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

keepalived_selinux — Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the keepalived processes 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, Security-Enhanced Linux secures the keepalived processes via flexible mandatory access control. it's giving protective bestie energy. 💖

the keepalived processes execute with the keepalived_t SELinux type. you can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier.

for example:

ps -eZ | grep keepalived_t

vibe check your processes, periodt. 🔥

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🎀 ENTRYPOINTS 🎀

the keepalived_t SELinux type can be entered via the keepalived_exec_t file type.

the default entrypoint paths for the keepalived_t domain are the following:

/usr/bin/keepalived

that's the door, bestie. 🚪✨

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🌈 PROCESS TYPES 🌈

SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system.

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

policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux keepalived policy is very flexible, allowing users to setup their keepalived processes in as secure a method as possible. main character security energy fr fr. 👑

the following process types are defined for keepalived:

keepalived_t, keepalived_unconfined_script_t

Note: semanage permissive -a keepalived_t can be used to make the process type keepalived_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.

lowkey important: permissive means it won't block stuff, but it will still snitch in the logs. 💀

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🧚 BOOLEANS 🧚

SELinux policy is customizable based on least access required. keepalived policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow you to manipulate the policy and run keepalived with the tightest access possible. so many little switches, obsessed. ⭐

if you want to determine whether keepalived can connect to all TCP ports, you must turn on the keepalived_connect_any boolean. Disabled by default.

setsebool -P keepalived_connect_any 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

slay those booleans. 🔥

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🍓 MANAGED FILES 🍓

the SELinux process type keepalived_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. (so like, don't forget the basics 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

• keepalived_tmp_t — no default paths listed 💅
• keepalived_tmpfs_t — also no default paths listed 🌸
• keepalived_var_run_t

/run/keepalived.*

• 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

• snmpd_var_lib_t

/var/agentx(/.*)?
/var/net-snmp(/.*)
/var/lib/snmp(/.*)?
/var/net-snmp(/.*)?
/var/lib/net-snmp(/.*)?
/var/spool/snmptt(/.*)?
/usr/share/snmp/mibs/.index

like, it's a whole friend group of file types. 😭💖

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💜 FILE CONTEXTS 💜

SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type.

you can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls. (yes, the -Z again, it's everywhere and we love her 👑)

policy governs the access confined processes have to these files. SELinux keepalived policy is very flexible, allowing users to setup their keepalived processes in as secure a method as possible.

⭐ STANDARD FILE CONTEXT ⭐

SELinux defines the file context types for keepalived. if you wanted to store files with these types in a 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 keepalived_exec_t '/srv/keepalived/content(/.*)?'
restorecon -R -v /srv/mykeepalived_content

Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.

the following file types are defined for keepalived:

• keepalived_exec_t — set files with the keepalived_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the keepalived_t domain.
• keepalived_tmp_t — set files with the keepalived_tmp_t type, if you want to store keepalived temporary files in the /tmp directories.
• keepalived_tmpfs_t — set files with the keepalived_tmpfs_t type, if you want to store keepalived files on a tmpfs file system.
• keepalived_unconfined_script_exec_t — set files with the keepalived_unconfined_script_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the keepalived_unconfined_script_t domain.
• keepalived_unit_file_t — set files with the keepalived_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as keepalived unit content.
• keepalived_var_run_t — set files with the keepalived_var_run_t type, if you want to store the keepalived files under the /run or /var/run directory.

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.

temporary vs permanent, know the difference bestie. 🙈✨

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🔥 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 boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans.
• system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings.

tools on tools on tools. the way that semanage does it all?? ate. 💅

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🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

this manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage. (the robots wrote this one, we're just vibing with it 🤖💖)

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🦄 SEE ALSO 🦄

selinux(8), keepalived(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8), setsebool(8), keepalived_unconfined_script_selinux(8)

go read those next, iykyk. 📚✨

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kk that's the whole page bestie!! this was keepalived_selinux(8) from the SELinux Policy keepalived crew, version keepalived dated 26-10-06. you're gonna do amazing things with those booleans, i can feel it. mwah!! 💋🎀🫶 no cap, you ate. 💖