rbac-tool VS checkov

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A simpler alternative to Krane is rbac-tool, which can be installed as kubectl plugin. It can also analyze, audit, interrogate RBAC rules, but most importantly, it can visualize them:

Tool to create and visualize RBAC in cluster: https://github.com/alcideio/rbac-tool

Other tools that can also audit your existing RBAC permissions and Kubernetes setups are rbac-tool and rbac-audit.

And of course a quick google search shows that someone has already created something like that for RBAC: https://github.com/alcideio/rbac-tool

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) should be configured for the Kubernetes cluster. Rights need to be assigned within the project namespace based on least privilege and separation of duties (RBAC-tool)

I've been tasked with defining and documenting some ClusterRoles with clear permissions that should (mostly) be enough for any kind of cluster. The idea is for admins (who don't necessarily do the devops behind) to be able to understand what each CR does, to assign these CRs to users on the fly, to update a user's access as their needs change, to view a list of policy rules, who can do what etc... For this maintenance and tracking part we use rbac-manager and rbac-tool, which are excellent tools imo.

I've just started using rbac-manager and rbac-tool to apply and track rbac on our clusters :)

Checkov Owner/Maintainer: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks (acquired in 2021) Age: First released on GitHub on March 31st, 2021 License: Apache License 2.0

‍Checkov is another great tool that examines your Terraform files (.tf), parsing the configurations and evaluating them against a comprehensive set of predefined policies. It scans Terraform-managed infrastructure and detects misconfigurations that could lead to security issues or non-compliance with best practices and regulations.

Bridgecrew — Infrastructure as code (IaC) security powered by the open source tool - Checkov. The core Bridgecrew platform is free for up to 50 IaC resources.

Kustomize: It provides a solution to customize the Kubernetes resource base configuration and differential configuration without template and DSL. It does not solve the constraint problem itself, but needs to cooperate with a large number of additional tools to check constraints, such as Kube-linter, Checkov and kubescape.

Checkov is a versatile static code analysis tool designed for infrastructure as code (IaC) and software composition analysis (SCA). It supports a wide range of technologies, including Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, and others, to detect security and compliance issues through graph-based scanning. Checkov also performs SCA scans, identifying vulnerabilities in open source packages and images by checking for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). Additionally, it is integrated into Prisma Cloud Application Security, a platform that helps developers secure cloud resources and infrastructure-as-code files, enabling the identification, rectification, and prevention of misconfigurations throughout the development lifecycle.

For your Dockerfiles, you can also scan them. There are lots of tools that can check your Dockerfiles. They will validate if Dockerfile is compliant with Docker best practices such as not using root user, making sure a health check exists, and not exposing the SSH port. You can use Snyk and Checkov.

You could try https://www.checkov.io/

We use https://www.checkov.io/ for this, it's very simple to get started with and works really well as PR quality gate

Once there is a CI pipeline for delivering infra changes you can add static code analysis tools (checkov) and even start testing changes (terratest)

I just had a brief chat with one of the developers of Checkov and it sounds nice (and open source). I haven't had a chance to play with it, but if you want to it's at https://www.checkov.io/