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Bug #16856

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SELinux is preventing access to websockify console from Foreman

Added by Raul Laansoo about 8 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

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Rejected
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Plugins
Target version:
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Foreman - 1.12.3
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Description

When running standalone Foreman, Foreman console connections to VMs do not work. From audit.log

type=AVC msg=audit(1476167279.514:333250): avc:  denied  { getattr } for  pid=53464 comm="websockify.py" path="/etc/pki/tls/certs/foreman.crt" dev="dm-0" ino=203438499 scontext=system_u:system_r:websockify_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:cert_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1476167292.532:333251): avc:  denied  { open } for  pid=53478 comm="websockify.py" path="/etc/pki/tls/certs/foreman.crt" dev="dm-0" ino=203438499 scontext=system_u:system_r:websockify_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:cert_t:s0 tclass=file
type=AVC msg=audit(1476167292.532:333251): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=53478 comm="websockify.py" name="foreman.crt" dev="dm-0" ino=203438499 scontext=system_u:system_r:websockify_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:cert_t:s0 tclass=file

After disabling SELinux or installing package katello-selinux-3.0.1-1.el7 problem does not occur.

There must be some additional SELinux issues not logged in audit.log (I tried with custom module allowing websockify_t access to cert_t and still did not work).

I suspect, the change https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-selinux/commit/96804f360a7e0dec6e65bafd14970f11299fb6f0#diff-436493bef633fed53e11796b45ca37e2 introduced in 1.12 removed some SELinux rules required for websockify/console to function for Foreman installations without Katello.

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 #1

Updated by Lukas Zapletal about 8 years ago

  • Assignee set to Lukas Zapletal

Foreman core is configured with /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/ certs which are of type puppet_var_lib_t.

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Updated by The Foreman Bot about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Ready For Testing
  • Pull request https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-selinux/pull/62 added
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Updated by Lukas Zapletal about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Ready For Testing to Rejected
  • Assignee deleted (Lukas Zapletal)
  • Pull request deleted (https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-selinux/pull/62)

Allright, I take the change back.

This is correct behavior, when katello-selinux package is not installed, websockify can't read cert_t files. That's expected.

If you installed via katello-installer (or foreman-installer --scenario katello), katello-selinux should have been present. If not, it's a bug on the installer project.

The rule you mention is in the katello-selinux codebase (it was moved from foreman-selinux). If you made an upgrade, you need to install the package.

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Updated by Raul Laansoo about 8 years ago

If you installed via katello-installer (or foreman-installer --scenario katello), katello-selinux should have been present. If not, it's a bug on the installer project.

This Foreman instance was installed using Puppet via puppet-foreman module.

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 #5

Updated by Lukas Zapletal about 8 years ago

This Foreman instance was installed using Puppet via puppet-foreman module.

You must be missing the katello-selinux package, check your puppet setup and make sure it's installed.

Feel free to reopen if you find an issue with our installer or module.

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