Commit 263a528f authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'update-policy-documentation' into 'master'

Update documentation for security policies

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!69308
parents f7594f8f 4167775d
......@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GitLab features use it, including:
- [CI Linter](../../ci/lint.md)
- [Snippets](../../user/snippets.md)
- [Web Editor](../../user/project/repository/web_editor.md)
- [Security Policies](../../user/application_security/threat_monitoring/index.md)
- [Security Policies](../../user/application_security/policies/index.md)
## How to use Source Editor
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......@@ -4,57 +4,189 @@ group: Container Security
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers
---
# Scan Policies **(ULTIMATE)**
# Policies **(ULTIMATE)**
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/5329) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.10.
> - Deployed behind a feature flag, disabled by default.
> - Disabled on GitLab.com.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/5329) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.10. Deployed behind a feature flag, disabled by default.
> - [Enabled on self-managed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/321258) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 14.3.
Scan Policies in GitLab provide security teams a way to require scans of their choice to be run
FLAG:
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is available. To hide the feature,
ask an administrator to [disable the `security_orchestration_policies_configuration` flag](../../../administration/feature_flags.md).
On GitLab.com, this feature is not available.
Policies in GitLab provide security teams a way to require scans of their choice to be run
whenever a project pipeline runs according to the configuration specified. Security teams can
therefore be confident that the scans they set up have not been changed, altered, or disabled. You
can access these by navigating to your project's **Security & Compliance > Scan Policies** page.
can access these by navigating to your project's **Security & Compliance > Policies** page.
GitLab supports the following security policies:
- [Container Network Policy](#container-network-policy)
- [Scan Execution Policy](#scan-execution-policy-schema)
WARNING:
Scan Policies is under development and is not ready for production use. It's deployed behind a
feature flag that's disabled by default.
## Policy management
NOTE:
We recommend using the [Security Policies project](#security-policies-project)
exclusively for managing policies for the project. Do not add your application's source code to such
projects.
The Policies page displays deployed
policies for all available environments. You can check a
policy's information (for example description, enforcement
status, etc.), and create and edit deployed policies:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Security & Compliance > Policies**.
![Policies List Page](img/policies_list_v14_3.png)
Network policies are fetched directly from the selected environment's
deployment platform while other policies are fetched from the project's
security policy project. Changes performed outside of this tab are
reflected upon refresh.
By default, the policy list contains predefined network policies in a
disabled state. Once enabled, a predefined policy deploys to the
selected environment's deployment platform and you can manage it like
the regular policies.
Note that if you're using [Auto DevOps](../../../topics/autodevops/index.md)
and change a policy in this section, your `auto-deploy-values.yaml` file doesn't update. Auto DevOps
users must make changes by following the
[Container Network Policy documentation](../../../topics/autodevops/stages.md#network-policy).
## Policy editor
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3403) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.4.
You can use the policy editor to create, edit, and delete policies:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your group.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Security & Compliance > Policies**.
- To create a new policy, select **New policy** which is located in the **Policies** page's header.
- To edit an existing policy, select **Edit policy** in the selected policy drawer.
The policy editor has two modes:
- The visual _Rule_ mode allows you to construct and preview policy
rules using rule blocks and related controls.
![Policy Editor Rule Mode](img/container_policy_rule_mode_v14_3.png)
- YAML mode allows you to enter a policy definition in `.yaml` format
and is aimed at expert users and cases that the Rule mode doesn't
support.
![Policy Editor YAML Mode](img/container_policy_yaml_mode_v14_3.png)
## Enable or disable scan policies
You can use both modes interchangeably and switch between them at any
time. If a YAML resource is incorrect or contains data not supported
by the Rule mode, Rule mode is automatically
disabled. If the YAML is incorrect, you must use YAML
mode to fix your policy before Rule mode is available again.
Scan Policies is under development and is not ready for production use. It's deployed behind a
feature flag that's disabled by default.
[GitLab administrators with access to the GitLab Rails console](../../../administration/feature_flags.md)
can enable it for your instance. Scan Policies can be enabled or disabled per-project.
## Container Network Policy
To enable it:
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32365) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.9.
```ruby
# Instance-wide
Feature.enable(:security_orchestration_policies_configuration)
# or by project
Feature.enable(:security_orchestration_policies_configuration, Project.find(<project ID>))
The **Container Network Policy** section provides packet flow metrics for
your application's Kubernetes namespace. This section has the following
prerequisites:
- Your project contains at least one [environment](../../../ci/environments/index.md).
- You've [installed Cilium](../../project/clusters/protect/container_network_security/quick_start_guide.md#use-the-cluster-management-template-to-install-cilium).
- You've configured the [Prometheus service](../../project/integrations/prometheus.md#enabling-prometheus-integration).
If you're using custom Helm values for Cilium, you must enable Hubble
with flow metrics for each namespace by adding the following lines to
your [Cilium values](../../project/clusters/protect/container_network_security/quick_start_guide.md#use-the-cluster-management-template-to-install-cilium):
```yaml
hubble:
enabled: true
metrics:
enabled:
- 'flow:sourceContext=namespace;destinationContext=namespace'
```
To disable it:
The **Container Network Policy** section displays the following information
about your packet flow:
```ruby
# Instance-wide
Feature.disable(:security_orchestration_policies_configuration)
# or by project
Feature.disable(:security_orchestration_policies_configuration, Project.find(<project ID>))
- The total amount of the inbound and outbound packets
- The proportion of packets dropped according to the configured
policies
- The per-second average rate of the forwarded and dropped packets
accumulated over time window for the requested time interval
If a significant percentage of packets is dropped, you should
investigate it for potential threats by
examining the Cilium logs:
```shell
kubectl -n gitlab-managed-apps logs -l k8s-app=cilium -c cilium-monitor
```
### Change the enforcement status
To change a network policy's enforcement status:
- Select the network policy you want to update.
- Select **Edit policy**.
- Select the **Policy status** toggle to update the selected policy.
- Select **Save changes** to deploy network policy changes.
Disabled network policies have the `network-policy.gitlab.com/disabled_by: gitlab` selector inside
the `podSelector` block. This narrows the scope of such a policy and as a result it doesn't affect
any pods. The policy itself is still deployed to the corresponding deployment namespace.
### Container Network Policy editor
The policy editor only supports the [CiliumNetworkPolicy](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/)
specification. Regular Kubernetes [NetworkPolicy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.19/#networkpolicy-v1-networking-k8s-io)
resources aren't supported.
Rule mode supports the following rule types:
- [Labels](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#labels-based).
- [Entities](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#entities-based).
- [IP/CIDR](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#ip-cidr-based). Only
the `toCIDR` block without `except` is supported.
- [DNS](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#dns-based).
- [Level 4](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#layer-4-examples)
can be added to all other rules.
Once your policy is complete, save it by selecting **Save policy**
at the bottom of the editor. Existing policies can also be
removed from the editor interface by selecting **Delete policy**
at the bottom of the editor.
### Configure a Network Policy Alert
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3438) and [enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/287676) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.9.
> - The feature flag was removed and the Threat Monitoring Alerts Project was [made generally available](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/287676) in GitLab 14.0.
You can use policy alerts to track your policy's impact. Alerts are only available if you've
[installed](../../clusters/agent/repository.md)
and [configured](../../clusters/agent/index.md#create-an-agent-record-in-gitlab)
a Kubernetes Agent for this project.
There are two ways to create policy alerts:
- In the [policy editor UI](#container-network-policy-editor),
by clicking **Add alert**.
- In the policy editor's YAML mode, through the `metadata.annotations` property:
```yaml
metadata:
annotations:
app.gitlab.com/alert: 'true'
```
Once added, the UI updates and displays a warning about the dangers of too many alerts.
## Security Policies project
NOTE:
We recommend using the [Security Policies project](#security-policies-project)
exclusively for managing policies for the project. Do not add your application's source code to such
projects.
The Security Policies feature is a repository to store policies. All security policies are stored as
the `.gitlab/security-policies/policy.yml` YAML file with this format:
......@@ -85,6 +217,40 @@ scan_execution_policy:
site_profile: Site Profile D
```
## Security Policy project selection
NOTE:
Only project Owners have the [permissions](../../permissions.md#project-members-permissions)
to select Security Policy Project.
When the Security Policy project is created and policies are created within that repository, you
must create an association between that project and the project you want to apply policies to:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Security & Compliance > Policies**.
1. Select **Edit Policy Project**, and search for and select the
project you would like to link from the dropdown menu.
1. Select **Save**.
![Security Policy Project](img/security_policy_project_v14_3.png)
### Scan Execution Policy editor
NOTE:
Only project Owners have the [permissions](../../permissions.md#project-members-permissions)
to select Security Policy Project.
Once your policy is complete, save it by selecting **Create merge request**
at the bottom of the editor. You will be redirected to the merge request on the project's
configured security policy project. If one does not link to your project, a security
policy project will be automatically created. Existing policies can also be
removed from the editor interface by selecting **Delete policy**
at the bottom of the editor.
![Scan Execution Policy Editor YAML Mode](img/scan_execution_policy_yaml_mode_v14_3.png)
The policy editor currently only supports the YAML mode. The Rule mode is tracked in the [Allow Users to Edit Rule-mode Scan Execution Policies in the Policy UI](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/5363) epic.
### Scan Execution Policies Schema
The YAML file with Scan Execution Policies consists of an array of objects matching Scan Execution Policy Schema nested under the `scan_execution_policy` key. You can configure a maximum of 5 policies under the `scan_execution_policy` key.
......@@ -198,21 +364,6 @@ In this example:
and `Site Profile D`.
- Secret detection scans run for every pipeline executed on the `main` branch.
## Security Policy project selection
When the Security Policy project is created and policies are created within that repository, you
must create an association between that project and the project you want to apply policies to. To do
this, navigate to your project's **Security & Compliance > Policies**, select
**Security policy project** from the dropdown menu, then select the **Create policy** button to save
changes.
You can always change the **Security policy project** by navigating to your project's
**Security & Compliance > Policies** and modifying the selected project.
NOTE:
Only project Owners have the [permissions](../../permissions.md#project-members-permissions)
to select Security Policy Project.
## Roadmap
See the [Category Direction page](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/protect/container_network_security/)
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......@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/14707) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.9.
The **Threat Monitoring** page provides metrics and policy management
The **Threat Monitoring** page provides alerts and metrics
for the GitLab application runtime security features. You can access
these by navigating to your project's **Security & Compliance > Threat
Monitoring** page.
......@@ -18,153 +18,7 @@ GitLab supports statistics for the following security features:
- [Container Network Policies](../../../topics/autodevops/stages.md#network-policy)
## Container Network Policy
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32365) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.9.
The **Container Network Policy** section provides packet flow metrics for
your application's Kubernetes namespace. This section has the following
prerequisites:
- Your project contains at least one [environment](../../../ci/environments/index.md)
- You've [installed Cilium](../../project/clusters/protect/container_network_security/quick_start_guide.md#use-the-cluster-management-template-to-install-cilium)
- You've configured the [Prometheus service](../../project/integrations/prometheus.md#enabling-prometheus-integration)
If you're using custom Helm values for Cilium, you must enable Hubble
with flow metrics for each namespace by adding the following lines to
your [Cilium values](../../project/clusters/protect/container_network_security/quick_start_guide.md#use-the-cluster-management-template-to-install-cilium):
```yaml
hubble:
enabled: true
metrics:
enabled:
- 'flow:sourceContext=namespace;destinationContext=namespace'
```
The **Container Network Policy** section displays the following information
about your packet flow:
- The total amount of the inbound and outbound packets
- The proportion of packets dropped according to the configured
policies
- The per-second average rate of the forwarded and dropped packets
accumulated over time window for the requested time interval
If a significant percentage of packets is dropped, you should
investigate it for potential threats by
examining the Cilium logs:
```shell
kubectl -n gitlab-managed-apps logs -l k8s-app=cilium -c cilium-monitor
```
## Container Network Policy management
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3328) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.1.
The **Threat Monitoring** page's **Policy** tab displays deployed
network policies for all available environments. You can check a
network policy's `yaml` manifest, its enforcement
status, and create and edit deployed policies. This section has the
following prerequisites:
- Your project contains at least one [environment](../../../ci/environments/index.md)
- You've [installed Cilium](../../project/clusters/protect/container_network_security/quick_start_guide.md#use-the-cluster-management-template-to-install-cilium)
Network policies are fetched directly from the selected environment's
deployment platform. Changes performed outside of this tab are
reflected upon refresh.
By default, the network policy list contains predefined policies in a
disabled state. Once enabled, a predefined policy deploys to the
selected environment's deployment platform and you can manage it like
the regular policies.
Note that if you're using [Auto DevOps](../../../topics/autodevops/index.md)
and change a policy in this section, your `auto-deploy-values.yaml` file doesn't update. Auto DevOps
users must make changes by following the
[Container Network Policy documentation](../../../topics/autodevops/stages.md#network-policy).
### Changing enforcement status
To change a network policy's enforcement status:
- Click the network policy you want to update.
- Click the **Edit policy** button.
- Click the **Policy status** toggle to update the selected policy.
- Click the **Save changes** button to deploy network policy changes.
Disabled network policies have the `network-policy.gitlab.com/disabled_by: gitlab` selector inside
the `podSelector` block. This narrows the scope of such a policy and as a result it doesn't affect
any pods. The policy itself is still deployed to the corresponding deployment namespace.
### Container Network Policy editor
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3403) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.4.
You can use the policy editor to create, edit, and delete policies.
- To create a new policy, click the **New policy** button located in the **Policy** tab's header.
- To edit an existing policy, click **Edit policy** in the selected policy drawer.
The policy editor only supports the [CiliumNetworkPolicy](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/)
specification. Regular Kubernetes [NetworkPolicy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.19/#networkpolicy-v1-networking-k8s-io)
resources aren't supported.
The policy editor has two modes:
- The visual _Rule_ mode allows you to construct and preview policy
rules using rule blocks and related controls.
- YAML mode allows you to enter a policy definition in `.yaml` format
and is aimed at expert users and cases that the Rule mode doesn't
support.
You can use both modes interchangeably and switch between them at any
time. If a YAML resource is incorrect, Rule mode is automatically
disabled. You must use YAML mode to fix your policy before Rule mode
is available again.
Rule mode supports the following rule types:
- [Labels](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#labels-based).
- [Entities](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#entities-based).
- [IP/CIDR](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#ip-cidr-based). Only
the `toCIDR` block without `except` is supported.
- [DNS](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#dns-based).
- [Level 4](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/policy/language/#layer-4-examples)
can be added to all other rules.
Once your policy is complete, save it by pressing the **Save policy**
button at the bottom of the editor. Existing policies can also be
removed from the editor interface by clicking the **Delete policy**
button at the bottom of the editor.
### Configuring Network Policy Alerts
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3438) and [enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/287676) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.9.
> - The feature flag was removed and the Threat Monitoring Alerts Project was [made generally available](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/287676) in GitLab 14.0.
You can use policy alerts to track your policy's impact. Alerts are only available if you've
[installed](../../clusters/agent/repository.md)
and [configured](../../clusters/agent/index.md#create-an-agent-record-in-gitlab)
a Kubernetes Agent for this project.
There are two ways to create policy alerts:
- In the [policy editor UI](#container-network-policy-editor),
by clicking **Add alert**.
- In the policy editor's YAML mode, through the `metadata.annotations` property:
```yaml
metadata:
annotations:
app.gitlab.com/alert: 'true'
```
Once added, the UI updates and displays a warning about the dangers of too many alerts.
### Container Network Policy Alert list
## Container Network Policy Alert list
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3438) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.9.
......@@ -184,7 +38,7 @@ the selector menu in the **Status** column to set the status for each alert:
By default, the list doesn't display resolved or dismissed alerts.
![Policy Alert List](img/threat_monitoring_policy_alert_list_v13_12.png)
![Policy Alert List](img/threat_monitoring_policy_alert_list_v14_3.png)
Clicking an alert's row opens the alert drawer, which shows more information about the alert. A user
can also create an incident from the alert and update the alert status in the alert drawer.
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......@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tasks in a secure and cloud-native way. It enables:
- Pull-based GitOps deployments.
- [Inventory object](../../infrastructure/clusters/deploy/inventory_object.md) to keep track of objects applied to your cluster.
- Real-time access to API endpoints in a cluster.
- Alert generation based on [Container network policy](../../application_security/threat_monitoring/index.md#container-network-policy).
- Alert generation based on [Container network policy](../../application_security/policies/index.md#container-network-policy).
- [CI/CD Tunnel](ci_cd_tunnel.md) that enables users to access Kubernetes clusters from GitLab CI/CD jobs even if there is no network connectivity between GitLab Runner and a cluster.
Many more features are planned. Please review [our roadmap](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3329)
......@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ There are several components that work in concert for the Agent to generate the
- Enablement of [hubble-relay](https://docs.cilium.io/en/v1.8/concepts/overview/#hubble) on an
existing installation.
- One or more network policies through any of these options:
- Use the [Container Network Policy editor](../../application_security/threat_monitoring/index.md#container-network-policy-editor) to create and manage policies.
- Use an [AutoDevOps](../../application_security/threat_monitoring/index.md#container-network-policy-management) configuration.
- Use the [Container Network Policy editor](../../application_security/policies/index.md#container-network-policy-editor) to create and manage policies.
- Use an [AutoDevOps](../../application_security/policies/index.md#container-network-policy) configuration.
- Add the required labels and annotations to existing network policies.
- A configuration repository with [Cilium configured in `config.yaml`](repository.md#surface-network-security-alerts-from-cluster-to-gitlab)
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......@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Network Policies can be managed through GitLab in one of two ways:
- Management through a YAML file in each application's project (for projects using Auto DevOps). For
more information, see the [Network Policy documentation](../../../../../topics/autodevops/stages.md#network-policy).
- Management through the GitLab Policy management UI (for projects not using Auto DevOps). For more
information, see the [Container Network Policy documentation](../../../../application_security/threat_monitoring/index.md#container-network-policy-management) (Ultimate only).
information, see the [Container Network Policy documentation](../../../../application_security/policies/index.md#container-network-policy) (Ultimate only).
Each method has benefits and drawbacks:
......@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ hubble:
```
Additional information about the statistics page is available in the
[documentation that describes the Threat Management UI](../../../../application_security/threat_monitoring/index.md#container-network-policy).
[documentation that describes the Threat Management UI](../../../../application_security/policies/index.md#container-network-policy).
## Forwarding logs to a SIEM
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......@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Projects::Security::PoliciesHelper
create_agent_help_path: help_page_url('user/clusters/agent/index.md', anchor: 'create-an-agent-record-in-gitlab'),
environments_endpoint: project_environments_path(project),
environment_id: environment&.id,
network_documentation_path: help_page_path('user/application_security/threat_monitoring/index'),
network_documentation_path: help_page_path('user/application_security/policies/index'),
no_environment_svg_path: image_path('illustrations/monitoring/unable_to_connect.svg'),
policy: policy&.to_json,
policy_type: policy_type,
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