List of Actionners

The required fields are the field elements that must be present in your Falco events to allow the actionner to do its work.

kubernetes

The category kubernetes can be initialized with a kubeconfig file when Falco Talon runs outside Kubernetes.

kubernetes:terminate

• Description: Terminate the pod
• Continue: false
• Parameters:
  • grace_period_seconds: The duration in seconds before the pod should be deleted. The value zero indicates delete immediately.
  • ignore_daemonsets: If true, the pods which belong to a Daemonset are not terminated.
  • ignore_statefulsets: If true, the pods which belong to a Statefulset are not terminated.
  • min_healthy_replicas: Minimum number of healthy pods to allow the termination, can be an absolute or % value (the value must be a quoted string).
• Required fields:
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.ns.name
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Terminate the pod
  actionner: kubernetes:terminate
  parameters:
    grace_period_seconds: 5
    ignore_daemonsets: true
    ignore_statefulsets: true
    min_healthy_replicas: 33%

kubernetes:label

• Description: Add, modify or delete the labels of the pod
• Continue: true
• Parameters:
  • level: level to apply the apply the labels, can be node or pod (default)
  • labels: key:value map of labels to add/modify/delete (empty value means label deletion)
• Required fields:
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.ns.name
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Label the pod
  actionner: kubernetes:label
  parameters:
    level: pod
    labels:
      suspicious: true

kubernetes:networkpolicy

• Description: Create, update a network policy to block all egress traffic for pod
• Continue: true
• Parameters:
  • allow: list of CIDR to allow anyway (eg: private subnets)
• Required fields:
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.ns.name
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Create a network policy
  actionner: kubernetes:networkpolicy
  parameters:
    allow:
      - 192.168.1.0/24
      - 172.17.0.0/16

kubernetes:exec

• Description: Exec a command in a pod
• Continue: true
• Parameters:
  • shell: SHELL used to run the command (default: /bin/sh)
  • command Command to run
• Required fields:
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.ns.name
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Exec a command into the pod
  actionner: kubernetes:exec
  parameters:
    shell: /bin/bash
    command: "ps awxuf"

kubernetes:script

• Description: Run a script in a pod
• Continue: true
• Parameters:
  • shell: SHELL used to run the script (default; /bin/sh)
  • script: Script to run (use | to use multilines) (can’t be used at the same time than file)
  • file: Shell script file (can’t be used at the same time than script)
• Required fields:
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.ns.name
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Run a script into the pod
  actionner: kubernetes:script
  parameters:
    shell: /bin/bash
    script: |
      ps awxuf
      netstat -lpauten
      top -n 1      

kubernetes:log

• Description: Get logs from a pod
• Continue: true
• Parameters:
  • tail_lines: The number of lines from the end of the logs to show (default: 1000)
• Required fields:
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.ns.name
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Get logs of the pod
  actionner: kubernetes:log
  parameters:
    tail_lines: 200

kubernetes:delete

• Description: Delete the resource
• Continue: false
• Parameters: N/A
• Required fields:
  • ka.target.resource
  • ka.target.name
  • ka.target.namespace
• Source: k8saudit

Example:

- action: Delete the suspicious resource
  actionner: kubernetes:delete
  parameters:
    tail_lines: 200

kubernetes:cordon

• Description: Cordon a node
• Continue: true
• Parameters: N/A
• Required fields:
  • k8s.pod.name
  • k8s.ns.name
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Cordon the node
  actionner: kubernetes:cordon

calico

The category calico can be initialized with a kubeconfig file when Falco Talon runs outside Kubernetes.

calico:networkpolicy

• Description: Create a Calico Network Policy to block the egress traffic to a specific IP
• Continue: true
• Parameters:
  • allow: list of CIDR to allow anyway (eg: private subnets) (default: 0.0.0.0/0)
  • order: order of the network policy
• Required fields:
  • fd.sip or fd.rip
• Source: syscalls

Example:

- action: Create Calico netpol
  actionner: calico:networkpolicy
  parameters:
    order: 20

aws:lambda

• Description: Invoke an AWS lambda forwarding the Falco event payload
• Continue: true
• Parameters:
  • aws_lambda_name: Lambda name to call. Lambda must reside in the same region as your default credential provider or static region provided in configuration.
  • aws_lambda_alias_or_version: Lambda alias or version to call. (default: $LATEST)
  • aws_lambda_invocation_type: Invocation type for Lambda. Accepted values: RequestResponse, Event, DryRun. (default: RequestResponse)
• Required AWS access:
  • sts:getCallerIdentity
  • lambda:InvokeFunction
  • lambda:GetFunction
• Source: any

Example:

- action: Invoke Lambda function
  actionner: aws:lambda
  parameters:
    aws_lambda_name: sample-function
    aws_lambda_alias_or_version: $LATEST
    aws_lambda_invocation_type: RequestResponse