[FEATURE] include workload security needs in the score spec
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Description
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Frequently, users of the score spec need to include security context when running their workload in a remote runtime, either to lock it down because admission policies require it (non-root, read only fs, cap-drop-all, etc) or to explicitly open it up (root, priviliged, etc..)
Some of these are things that are up to the score implementation (should be best-practice and secure by default) but others are workload-dependent things: some workloads must run as root or have access to the host networking/hardware namespaces.
- A separate security section in the spec
- A property indicating that the container root filesystem MUST be read/write for the workload to run. Note that the opposite isn't necessary: a workload that requires a read-only fs should be able to run fine on read-write.
- A property indicating that the container user MUST be root. Without this, implementations should check that the container has a valid USER stanza which is not == root OR should request non-root by default.
Possible implementations:
A: a seperate section
security:
read_write_root_fs: true (default to false)
run_as: root (default to 1000:1000 unless container has another non-root `USER` stanza)
B: capabilities
capabilities:
- read-write-root-fs
- run-as-root
Unfortunately neither approach really makes sense for things like k8s service account names 🤔
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named; start by reviewing the existing Score specification structure and its treatment of workload and runtime requirements. Use the root-filesystem, run-as, and service-account cases in the issue to settle the representation and defaults, then confirm the specification covers the agreed security needs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kubernetes
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100