Restrict a Container's Access to Resources with AppArmor — This example assumes that node names match host names, and are reachable via SSH.
NODES=($( kubectl get node -o jsonpath='' )) for NODE in ${NODES[]}; do ssh $NODE 'sudo apparmor_parser -q profile k8s-apparmor-example-deny-write flags=(attach_disconnected) { #include # Deny all file writes.
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NODES=($( kubectl get node -o jsonpath='' ))
for NODE in ${NODES[]}; do ssh $NODE 'sudo apparmor_parser -q
profile k8s-apparmor-example-deny-write flags=(attach_disconnected) { #include
# Deny all file writes. deny / w, } EOF' done
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Next, run a simple "Hello AppArmor" Pod with the deny-write profile:
{{% code_sample file="pods/security/hello-apparmor.yaml" %}}
```
kubectl create -f hello-apparmor.yaml
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You can verify that the container is actually running with that profile by checking `/proc/1/attr/current`:
```
kubectl exec hello-apparmor -- cat /proc/1/attr/current
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The output should be:
```
k8s-apparmor-example-deny-write (enforce)
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Finally, you can see what happens if you violate the profile by writing to a file:
```
kubectl exec hello-apparmor -- touch /tmp/test
touch: /tmp/test: Permission denied error: error executing remote command: command terminated with non-zero exit code: Error executing in Docker Container: 1
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To wrap up, see what happens if you try to specify a profile that hasn't been loaded:
```
kubectl create -f /dev/stdin <<EOF apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: hello-apparmor-2 spec: securityContext: appArmorProfile: type: Localhost localhostProfile: k8s-apparmor-example-allow-write containers: name: hello image: busybox:1.28 command: [ "sh", "-c", "echo 'Hello AppArmor!' && sleep 1h" ] EOF
pod/hello-apparmor-2 created
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Although the Pod was created successfully, further examination will show that it is stuck in pending:
```
kubectl describe pod hello-apparmor-2 …
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