Getting Started: Stub and Harden a Container Image with Docker and Bitbucket

Use the RapidFort Command Line Interface (CLI) tools to stub and harden a container image with Docker and Bitbucket
Prerequisites
You will need the following:
RapidFort Server (SaaS or On-Premises)
RapidFort Service Account
For more information on RapidFort service accounts, please visit RapidFort Service Accounts​
​Self-Hosted Linux Bitbucket Runner​
The Bitbucket Runner must meet the minimum requirements for installing the RapidFort Command Line Interface Tools​
Deployment Environment (for example, Kubernetes, Docker, Docker-Compose, AWS Fargate)
The deployment environment must have HTTPS access to the RapidFort server
The deployment environment must provide support for adding the SYS_PTRACE Linux kernel capability
Container Registry (for example, Amazon Elastic Container Registry, Docker Hub, Microsoft Azure Container Registry, and so forth)
In this tutorial, we will use Docker Hub as our container registry
You will need a Docker Hub repository, username, and password or access token
You must deploy and test stub images outside of Bitbucket. Currently, Bitbucket does not support adding the SYS_PTRACE Linux kernel capability, even for self-hosted runners.
The SYS_PTRACE Linux kernel capability must be added when deploying stub images so that RapidFort can trace the runtime behavior.
Stub, Deploy and Test, and Harden a Docker Image
In this tutorial, we will stub, deploy and test, and harden a Docker image.
Original Image: The original Docker image available directly from Docker Hub. The original image has not yet been optimized and secured by RapidFort and may have known vulnerabilities.
Stub Image: The original image with additional dependencies necessary for RapidFort to trace the runtime behavior.
Hardened Image: The optimized and secured image generated by RapidFort.
Download the sample .bitbucket-pipelines.yml file.
Add the following Repository Variables:
RF_ROOT_URL: 
For SaaS users, specify https://frontrow.rapidfort.com.
For On-Premises users, specify the hostname or IP address of your RapidFort on-premises server (for example, https://rapidfort.example.com).
RF_ACCESS_ID: Specify the access id for your RapidFort service account.
RF_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: Specify the secret access key for your RapidFort service account.
RF_CLI_UPDATE: Specify "no" to download and install the RapidFort CLI tools only if they are not already installed on the runner or "yes" to always download and install the tools (even if they are already installed).
.bitbucket-pipelines.yml
image: python:latest
​
pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        runs-on:
          - self.hosted
          - linux
        name: 'Stub'
        services:
          - docker
        script:
          - >-
              if [ -z "$(command -v rflogin)" ] || [ "$RF_CLI_UPDATE" == "yes" ]; then
                 curl -ks "$RF_ROOT_URL"/cli/ | bash
              fi
          - echo $DOCKERHUB_TOKEN | docker login -u $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME --password-stdin
          - docker pull $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG
          - docker tag $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG-$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER
          - rfstub $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG-$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER
          - docker push $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG-$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER-rfstub
​
    - step:
        trigger: manual
        runs-on:
          - self.hosted
          - linux
        name: 'Harden'
        services:
          - docker
        script:
          - >-
              if [ -z "$(command -v rflogin)" ] || [ "$RF_CLI_UPDATE" == "yes" ]; then
                 curl -ks "$RF_ROOT_URL"/cli/ | bash
              fi
          - echo $DOCKERHUB_TOKEN | docker login -u $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME --password-stdin
          - docker pull $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG-$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER-rfstub
          - rfharden $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG-$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER-rfstub
          - docker push $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME/$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$TAG-$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER-rfhardened
The base image must have Python 3 and pip3 installed.
Stub
During the build process, run rfstub to generate a stub image and push the stub image to your container registry.
In the sample Bitbucket pipeline template, the Stub step consists of the following actions:
Pull the original image from the container registry
Run rfstub to generate the stub image
Push the stub image to the container registry
When you generate a stub image, RapidFort also scans the original image for packages and known vulnerabilities and computes the estimated risk reduction opportunity if the image is hardened. You may optionally visit the RapidFort dashboard to view the vulnerabilities and packages that were found in the original image.
Deploy and Test
Next, deploy and test the stub image so that RapidFort can trace the runtime behavior of the application and build the runtime profile.
Note that the sample Bitbucket pipeline template does not have a Deploy step.
You must deploy and test stub images outside of Bitbucket. Currently, Bitbucket does not support adding the SYS_PTRACE Linux kernel capability, even for self-hosted runners.
The SYS_PTRACE Linux kernel capability must be added when deploying stub images so that RapidFort can trace the runtime behavior.
Update the Deployment Configuration and Environment
Deploy the stub image (instead of the original image)
Add the SYS_PTRACE Linux kernel capability
For Kubernetes environments, allow privilege escalation and enable read/write access for the root filesystem
allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
Make sure that your deployment environment allows HTTPS access to the RapidFort server.
Deploy your stub image and test your application to exercise its functionalities.
Verify that Tracing Information is Propagated to the RapidFort Server
Log into the RapidFort dashboard. You should see an image list.
Select the image that you deployed.
In the left column, select Logs. Verify that the Logs table contains tracing information. You should see file accesses, system calls, and so forth. The Logs table contents are updated in real time.
If the Logs table is empty, please verify the following:
The stub image (not the original image) was deployed
The deployment configuration added the SYS_PTRACE Linux kernel capability
For Kubernetes environments, the deployment configuration allows privilege escalation and enable read/write access for the root filesystem
allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
The environment in which the stub image was deployed has HTTPS access to the RapidFort server
If there are any issues, please update your deployment configuration and environment and deploy the stub image again. RapidFort cannot harden an image unless it has a valid runtime profile.
Harden
After you have deployed and tested the stub image and verified that the runtime profile information was propagated to RapidFort, you are ready to harden it.
In the sample Bitbucket pipeline template, the Harden step consists of the following actions:
Pull the stub image from the container registry
Run rfharden to generate the hardened and optimized image
Push the hardened image to your container registry
Note that the Harden step has a manual trigger. You must deploy and test the stub image and verify that the runtime profile was generated successfully before hardening it.
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