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Macros to Override

Last modified December 19, 2022
Control the behavior of some rules by enabling or disabling these default macros

Falco also provide Macros that should be overridden by the user to provide settings that are specific to a user's environment. The provided Macros can also be appended to in a local rules file.

The below macros contain values that can be overridden for a user's specific environment.

Common SSH Port

Override this macro to reflect ports in your environment that provide SSH services.

- macro: ssh_port
  condition: fd.sport=22

Allowed SSH Hosts

Override this macro to reflect hosts that can connect to known SSH ports (ie a bastion or jump box).

- macro: allowed_ssh_hosts
  condition: ssh_port

User Whitelisted Containers

Whitelist containers that are allowed to run in privileged mode.

- macro: user_trusted_containers
  condition: (container.image startswith sysdig/agent)

Containers Allowed to Spawn Shells

Whitelist containers that are allowed to spawn shells, which may be needed if containers are used in the CI/CD pipeline.

- macro: user_shell_container_exclusions
  condition: (never_true)

Containers Allowed to Communicate with EC2 Metadata Services

Whitelist containers that are allowed to communicate with the EC2 metadata service. Default: any container.

- macro: ec2_metadata_containers
  condition: container

Kubernetes API Server

Set the IP of your Kubernetes API Service here.

- macro: k8s_api_server
  condition: (fd.sip="1.2.3.4" and fd.sport=8080)

Containers Allowed to Communicate with the Kubernetes API

Whitelist containers that are allowed to communicate with the Kubernetes API Service. Requires k8s_api_server being set.

- macro: k8s_containers
  condition: >
    (container.image startswith gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube-amd64 or
    container.image startswith gcr.io/google_containers/kube2sky or
    container.image startswith sysdig/agent or
    container.image startswith sysdig/falco or
    container.image startswith sysdig/sysdig)    

Containers Allowed to Communicate with Kubernetes Service NodePorts

- macro: nodeport_containers
  condition: container