/falcosidekick

A simple daemon to help you with falco's outputs.

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Falcosidekick

falcosidekick

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Description

A simple daemon for enhancing available outputs for Falco. It takes a falco's event and forwards it to different outputs.

It works as a single endpoint for as many as you want falco instances :

falco_with_falcosidekick

Outputs

Currently available outputs are :

Usage

Run the daemon as any other daemon in your architecture (systemd, k8s daemonset, swarm service, ...)

With docker

docker run -d -p 2801:2801 -e SLACK_WEBHOOKURL=XXXX -e DATADOG_APIKEY=XXXX falcosecurity/falcosidekick

With Helm

See https://github.com/falcosecurity/charts/blob/master/falcosidekick/README.md

helm repo add falcosecurity https://falcosecurity.github.io/charts
helm repo update

helm install falcosidekick --set config.debug=true falcosecurity/falcosidekick

Falco's config

with falco.yaml

If managing falco.yaml manually, set this:

json_output: true
json_include_output_property: true
http_output:
  enabled: true
  url: "http://localhost:2801/"

with Helm

If installing falco with Helm, set this (adapted to your environment) in your values.yaml :

jsonOutput: true
jsonIncludeOutputProperty: true
httpOutput:
  enabled: true
  url: "http://falcosidekick:2801/"

or

jsonOutput: true
jsonIncludeOutputProperty: true
programOutput:
  enabled: true
  keepAlive: false
  program: "curl -d @- falcosidekick:2801/"

Configuration

Configuration is made by file (yaml) and env vars, both can be used but env vars override values from file.

YAML File

See config_example.yaml :

#listenport: 2801 # port to listen for daemon (default: 2801)
debug: false # if true all outputs will print in stdout the payload they send (default: false)
customfields: # custom fields are added to falco events
  Akey: "AValue"
  Bkey: "BValue"
  Ckey: "CValue"
checkCert: true # check if ssl certificate of the output is valid (default: true)

slack:
  webhookurl: "" # Slack WebhookURL (ex: https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXX/YYYY/ZZZZ), if not empty, Slack output is enabled
  #footer: "" # Slack footer
  #icon: "" # Slack icon (avatar)
  #username: "" # Slack username (default: Falcosidekick)
  outputformat: "all" # all (default), text, fields
  minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  messageformat: "Alert : rule *{{ .Rule }}* triggered by user *{{ index .OutputFields \"user.name\" }}*" # a Go template to format Slack Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from `SLACK_OUTPUTFORMAT`, see [Slack Message Formatting](#slack-message-formatting) in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before Attachment.

rocketchat:
  webhookurl: "" # Rocketchat WebhookURL (ex: http://XXXX/hooks/YYYY), if not empty, Rocketchat output is enabled
  #icon: "" # Rocketchat icon (avatar)
  #username: "" # Rocketchat username (default: Falcosidekick)
  outputformat: "all" # all (default), text, fields
  minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  # messageformat: "Alert : rule *{{ .Rule }}* triggered by user *{{ index .OutputFields \"user.name\" }}*" # a Go template to format Rocketchat Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from `ROCKETCHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT`, see [Slack Message Formatting](#slack-message-formatting) in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before Attachment.

mattermost:
  webhookurl: "" # Mattermost WebhookURL (ex: http://XXXX/hooks/YYYY), if not empty, Mattermost output is enabled
  #footer: "" # Mattermost footer
  #icon: "" # Mattermost icon (avatar)
  #username: "" # Mattermost username (default: Falcosidekick)
  outputformat: "all" # all (default), text, fields
  minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  # messageformat: "Alert : rule **{{ .Rule }}** triggered by user **{{ index .OutputFields \"user.name\" }}**" # a Go template to format Mattermost Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from `MATTERMOST_OUTPUTFORMAT`, see [Slack Message Formatting](#slack-message-formatting) in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before Attachment.

teams:
  webhookurl: "" # Teams WebhookURL (ex: https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXX/YYYY/ZZZZ), if not empty, Teams output is enabled
  #activityimage: "" # Image for message section
  outputformat: "text" # all (default), text, facts
  minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

datadog:
  # apikey: "" # Datadog API Key, if not empty, Datadog output is enabled
  # host: "" # Datadog host. Override if you are on the Datadog EU site. Defaults to american site with "https://api.datadoghq.com"
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

alertmanager:
  # hostport: "" # http://{domain or ip}:{port}, if not empty, Alertmanager output is enabled
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

elasticsearch:
  # hostport: "" # http://{domain or ip}:{port}, if not empty, Elasticsearch output is enabled
  # index: "falco" # index (default: falco)
  # type: "event"
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  # suffix: "daily" # date suffix for index rotation : daily (default), monthly, annually, none

influxdb:
  # hostport: "" # http://{domain or ip}:{port}, if not empty, Influxdb output is enabled
  # database: "falco" # Influxdb database (default: falco)
  # user: "" # user to use if auth is enabled in Influxdb
  # password: "" # pasword to use if auth is enabled in Influxdb
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

loki:
  # hostport: "" # http://{domain or ip}:{port}, if not empty, Loki output is enabled
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

nats:
  # hostport: "" # nats://{domain or ip}:{port}, if not empty, NATS output is enabled
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

stan:
  # hostport: "" # nats://{domain or ip}:{port}, if not empty, STAN output is enabled
  # clusterid: "" # Cluster name, if not empty, STAN output is enabled
  # clientid: "" # Client ID, if not empty, STAN output is enabled
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

aws:
  # accesskeyid: "" # aws access key (optional if you use EC2 Instance Profile)
  # secretaccesskey: "" # aws secret access key (optional if you use EC2 Instance Profile)
  # region : "" # aws region (optional if you use EC2 Instance Profile)
  lambda:
    # functionname : "" # Lambda function name, if not empty, AWS Lambda output is enabled
    # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  sqs:
    # url : "" # SQS Queue URL, if not empty, AWS SQS output is enabled
    # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  sns:
    # topicarn : "" # SNS TopicArn, if not empty, AWS SNS output is enabled
    rawjson: false # Send Raw JSON or parse it (default: false)
    # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  cloudwatchlogs:
    # loggroup : "" #  AWS CloudWatch Logs Group name, if not empty, CloudWatch Logs output is enabled
    # logstream : "" # AWS CloudWatch Logs Stream name, if empty, Falcosidekick will try to create a log stream
    # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

smtp:
  # hostport: "" # host:port address of SMTP server, if not empty, SMTP output is enabled
  # user: "" # user to access SMTP server
  # password: "" # password to access SMTP server
  # from: "" # Sender address (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
  # to: "" # comma-separated list of Recipident addresses, can't be empty (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
  # outputformat: "" # html (default), text
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

statsd:
  forwarder: "" # The address for the StatsD forwarder, in the form "host:port", if not empty StatsD is enabled
  namespace: "falcosidekick." # A prefix for all metrics (default: "falcosidekick.")

dogstatsd:
  forwarder: "" # The address for the DogStatsD forwarder, in the form "host:port", if not empty DogStatsD is enabled
  namespace: "falcosidekick." # A prefix for all metrics (default: "falcosidekick.")
  # tag :
  #   key: "value"

opsgenie:
  # apikey: "2c771471-e2af-4dc6-bd35-e7f6ff479b64" # Opsgenie API Key, if not empty, Opsgenie output is enabled
  region: "eu" # (us|eu) region of your domain
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

webhook:
  # address: "" # Webhook address, if not empty, Webhook output is enabled
  # customHeaders: # Custom headers to add in POST, useful for Authentication
  #   key: value
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

azure:
  # eventHub:
    # name: "" # The name of the Hub, if not empty, EventHub output is enabled
    # namespace: "" # The name of the space the Hub is part of
    # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

discord:
  webhookurl: "" # discord WebhookURL (ex: https://discord.com/api/webhooks/xxxxxxxxxx...), if not empty, Discord output is enabled
  # icon: "" # Discord icon (avatar)
  # minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

gcp:
  credentials: "" # The base64-encoded JSON key file for the GCP service account
  pubsub:
    projectid: "" # The GCP Project ID containing the Pub/Sub Topic
    topic: "" # The name of the Pub/Sub topic
  # minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

googlechat:
  webhookurl: "" # Google Chat WebhookURL (ex: https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces/XXXXXX/YYYYYY), if not empty, Google Chat output is enabled
  # outputformat: "" # all (default), text
  # minimumpriority: "" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  messageformat: "Alert : rule *{{ .Rule }}* triggered by user *{{ index .OutputFields \"user.name\" }}*" # a Go template to format Google Chat Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from `GOOGLECHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT`, see [Slack Message Formatting](#slack-message-formatting) in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before Attachment.

kafka:
  hostport: "" # Apache Kafka Host:Port (ex: localhost:9092). Defaults to port 9092 if no port is specified after the domain, if not empty, Kafka output is enabled
  topic: "" # Name of the topic, if not empty, Kafka output is enabled
  # partition: 0 # Partition number of the topic.
  # minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

pagerduty:
  # apikey: # Pagerduty API Key, if not empty, Pagerduty output is enabled
  service: "" # Service to create an incident (mandatory)
  assignee: "" # A list of comma separated users to assign. Cannot be provided if pagerduty.escalationpolicy is already specified.
  escalationpolicy: "" # Escalation policy to assign. Cannot be provided if pagerduty.escalationpolicy is already specified
  # minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

kubeless:
  function: "" # Name of Kubeless function, if not empty, Kubeless is enabled
  namespace: "" # Namespace of Kubeless function (mandatory)
  port: 8080 # Port of service of Kubeless function
  kubeconfig: "~/.kube/config" # Kubeconfig file to use (only if falcoside is running outside the cluster)
  # minimumpriority: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

Usage :

usage: falcosidekick [<flags>]

Flags:
      --help                     Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
  -c, --config-file=CONFIG-FILE  config file

Env vars

Configuration of the daemon can be made also by env vars, these values override these from yaml file.

The env vars "match" field names in *yaml file with this structure (take care of lower/uppercases) : yaml: a.b --> envvar: A_B :

  • LISTENPORT : port to listen for daemon (default: 2801)
  • DEBUG : if true all outputs will print in stdout the payload they send (default: false)
  • CUSTOMFIELDS : a list of comma separated custom fields to add to falco events, syntax is "key:value,key:value"
  • CHECKCERT: check if ssl certificate of the output is valid (default: true)
  • SLACK_WEBHOOKURL : Slack Webhook URL (ex: https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXX/YYYY/ZZZZ), if not empty, Slack output is enabled
  • SLACK_FOOTER : Slack footer
  • SLACK_ICON : Slack icon (avatar)
  • SLACK_USERNAME : Slack username (default: Falcosidekick)
  • SLACK_OUTPUTFORMAT : all (default), text (only text is displayed in Slack), fields (only fields are displayed in Slack)
  • SLACK_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using use this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • SLACK_MESSAGEFORMAT : a Go template to format Slack Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from SLACK_OUTPUTFORMAT, see Slack Message Formatting in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before Attachment.
  • ROCKETCHAT_WEBHOOKURL : Rocketchat Webhook URL (ex: https://XXXX/hooks/YYYY), if not empty, Rocketchat output is enabled
  • ROCKETCHAT_ICON : Rocketchat icon (avatar)
  • ROCKETCHAT_USERNAME : Rocketchat username (default: Falcosidekick)
  • ROCKETCHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT : all (default), text (only text is displayed in Rocketchat), fields (only fields are displayed in Rocketchat)
  • ROCKETCHAT_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using use this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • ROCKETCHAT_MESSAGEFORMAT : a Go template to format Rocketchat Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from ROCKETCHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT, see Slack Message Formatting in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before Attachment.
  • MATTERMOST_WEBHOOKURL : Mattermost Webhook URL (ex: https://XXXX/hooks/YYYY), if not empty, Mattermost output is enabled
  • MATTERMOST_FOOTER : Mattermost footer
  • MATTERMOST_ICON : Mattermost icon (avatar)
  • MATTERMOST_USERNAME : Mattermost username (default: Falcosidekick)
  • MATTERMOST_OUTPUTFORMAT : all (default), text (only text is displayed in Mattermost), fields (only fields are displayed in Mattermost)
  • MATTERMOST_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using use this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • MATTERMOST_MESSAGEFORMAT : a Go template to format Mattermost Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from MATTERMOST_OUTPUTFORMAT, see Mattermost Message Formatting in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before Attachment.
  • TEAMS_WEBHOOKURL : Teams Webhook URL (ex: https://outlook.office.com/webhook/XXXXXX/IncomingWebhook/YYYYYY"), if not empty, Teams output is enabled
  • TEAMS_ACTIVITYIMAGE : Teams section image
  • TEAMS_OUTPUTFORMAT : all (default), text (only text is displayed in Teams), facts (only facts are displayed in Teams)
  • TEAMS_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using use this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • DATADOG_APIKEY : Datadog API Key, if not empty, Datadog output is enabled
  • DATADOG_HOST : Datadog host. Override if you are on the Datadog EU site. Defaults to american site with "https://api.datadoghq.com"
  • DATADOG_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • DISCORD_WEBHOOKURL : Discord WebhookURL (ex: https://discord.com/api/webhooks/xxxxxxxxxx...), if not empty, Discord output is enabled
  • DISCORD_ICON : Discord icon (avatar)
  • DISCORD_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using use this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • ALERTMANAGER_HOSTPORT : AlertManager http://host:port, if not empty, AlertManager is enabled
  • ALERTMANAGER_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTPORT : Elasticsearch http://host:port, if not empty, Elasticsearch is enabled
  • ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX : Elasticsearch index (default: falco)
  • ELASTICSEARCH_TYPE : Elasticsearch document type (default: event)
  • ELASTICSEARCH_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • ELASTICSEARCH_SUFFIX : date suffix for index rotation : daily (default), monthly, annually, none
  • INFLUXDB_HOSTPORT : Influxdb http://host:port, if not empty, Influxdb is enabled
  • INFLUXDB_DATABASE : Influxdb database (default: falco)
  • INFLUXDB_USER : user to use if auth is enabled in Influxdb
  • INFLUXDB_PASSWORD : user to use if auth is enabled in Influxdb
  • INFLUXDB_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • LOKI_HOSTPORT : Loki http://host:port, if not empty, Loki is enabled
  • LOKI_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • NATS_HOSTPORT : NATS "nats://host:port", if not empty, NATS is enabled
  • NATS_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • STAN_HOSTPORT : NATS "nats://host:port", if not empty, STAN is enabled
  • STAN_CLUSTERID : Cluster name, if not empty, STAN is enabled
  • STAN_CLIENTID : Client ID to use, if not empty, STAN is enabled
  • STAN_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • AWS_ACCESSKEYID : AWS Access Key Id (optional if you use EC2 Instance Profile)
  • AWS_SECRETACCESSKEY : AWS Secret Access Key (optional if you use EC2 Instance Profile)
  • AWS_REGION : AWS Region (optional if you use EC2 Instance Profile)
  • AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTIONNAME : AWS Lambda Function Name, if not empty, AWS Lambda output is enabled
  • AWS_LAMBDA_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • AWS_SQS_URL : AWS SQS Queue URL, if not empty, AWS SQS output is enabled
  • AWS_SQS_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • AWS_SNS_TOPICARN : AWS SNS TopicARN, if not empty, AWS SNS output is enabled
  • AWS_SNS_RAWJSON : Send Raw JSON or parse it (default: false)
  • AWS_SNS_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • AWS_CLOUDWATCHLOGS_LOGGROUP : AWS CloudWatch Logs Group name, if not empty, CloudWatch Logs output is enabled
  • AWS_CLOUDWATCHLOGS_LOGSTREAM : AWS CloudWatch Logs Stream name, if empty, FalcoSideKick will try to create a log stream
  • AWS_CLOUDWATCHLOGS_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • SMTP_HOSTPORT : "host:port" address of SMTP server, if not empty, SMTP output is enabled
  • SMTP_USER : user to access SMTP server
  • SMTP_PASSWORD : password to access SMTP server
  • SMTP_FROM : Sender address (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
  • SMTP_TO : comma-separated list of Recipident addresses, can't be empty (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
  • SMTP_OUTPUTFORMAT : "" # html (default), text
  • SMTP_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • OPSGENIE_APIKEY : Opsgenie API Key, if not empty, Opsgenie output is enabled
  • OPSGENIE_REGION : "" # (us|eu) region of your domain (default is 'us')
  • OPSGENIE_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • STATSD_FORWARDER: The address for the StatsD forwarder, in the form http://host:port, if not empty StatsD is enabled
  • STATSD_NAMESPACE: A prefix for all metrics (default: "falcosidekick.")
  • DOGSTATSD_FORWARDER: The address for the DogStatsD forwarder, in the form http://host:port, if not empty DogStatsD is enabled
  • DOGSTATSD_NAMESPACE: A prefix for all metrics (default: falcosidekick."")
  • DOGSTATSD_TAGS: A comma-separated list of tags to add to all metrics
  • WEBHOOK_ADDRESS : "" # Webhook address, if not empty, Webhook output is enabled
  • WEBHOOK_CUSTOMHEADERS : a list of comma separated custom headers to add, syntax is "key:value,key:value"
  • WEBHOOK_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • AZURE_EVENTHUB_NAME: Name of the Hub, if not empty, EventHub is enabled
  • AZURE_EVENTHUB_NAMESPACE: Name of the space the Hub is in
  • AZURE_EVENTHUB_MINIMUMPRIORITY: minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • GCP_CREDENTIALS: The base64-encoded JSON key file for the GCP service account
  • GCP_PUBSUB_PROJECTID: The GCP Project ID containing the Pub/Sub Topic
  • GCP_PUBSUB_TOPIC: The name of the Pub/Sub topic
  • GCP_PUBSUB_MINIMUMPRIORITY: minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • GOOGLECHAT_WEBHOOKURL : Google Chat URL (ex: https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces/XXXXXX/YYYYYY), if not empty, Google Chat output is enabled
  • GOOGLECHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT : all (default), text (only text is displayed in Google Chat)
  • GOOGLECHAT_MINIMUMPRIORITY : minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • GOOGLECHAT_MESSAGEFORMAT : a Go template to format Google Chat Text above Attachment, displayed in addition to the output from GOOGLECHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT, see Slack Message Formatting in the README for details. If empty, no Text is displayed before sections.
  • KAFKA_HOSTPORT: The Host:Port of the Kafka (ex: localhost:9092), if not empty, Kafka is enabled
  • KAFKA_TOPIC: The name of the Kafka topic
  • KAFKA_PARTITION: The number of the Kafka partition
  • KAFKA_MINIMUMPRIORITY: minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • PAGERDUTY_APIKEY: Pagerduty API Key, if not empty, Pagerduty output is enabled
  • PAGERDUTY_SERVICE: Service to create an incident (mandatory)
  • PAGERDUTY_ASSIGNEE: A list of comma separated users to assign. Cannot be provided if PAGERDUTY_ESCALATION_POLICY is already specified. If not empty, Pagerduty is enabled
  • PAGERDUTY_ESCALATION_POLICY: Escalation policy to assign. Cannot be provided if PAGERDUTY_ASSIGNEE is already specified.If not empty, Pagerduty is enabled
  • PAGERDUTY_MINIMUMPRIORITY: minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)
  • KUBELESS_FUNCTION: Name of Kubeless function, if not empty, Kubeless is enabled
  • KUBELESS_NAMESPACE: Namespace of Kubeless function (mandatory)
  • KUBELESS_PORT: Port of service of Kubeless function (default is 8080)
  • KUBELESS_KUBECONFIG: Kubeconfig file to use (only if falcoside is running outside the cluster)
  • KUBELESS_MINIMUMPRIORITY: "debug" # minimum priority of event for using this output, order is emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)

Slack/Rocketchat/Mattermost/Googlechat Message Formatting

The SLACK_MESSAGEFORMAT environment variable and slack.messageformat YAML value accept a Go template which can be used to format the text of a slack alert. These templates are evaluated on the JSON data from each Falco event - the following fields are available:

Template Syntax Description
{{ .Output }} A formatted string from Falco describing the event.
{{ .Priority }} The priority of the event, as a string.
{{ .Rule }} The name of the rule that generated the event.
{{ .Time }} The timestamp when the event occurred.
{{ index .OutputFields \"<field name>\" }} A map of additional optional fields emitted depending on the event. These may not be present for every event, in which case they expand to the string <no value>

Go templates also support some basic methods for text manipulation which can be used to improve the clarity of alerts - see the documentation for details.

Handlers

Different URI (handlers) are available :

  • / : main and default handler, your falco config must be configured to use it
  • /ping : you will get a pong as answer, useful to test if falcosidekick is running and its port is opened (for healthcheck purpose for example). This endpoint is deprecated and it will be removed in 3.0.0.
  • /healthz: you will get a HTTP status code 200 response as answer, useful to test if falcosidekick is running and its port is opened (for healthcheck or purpose for example)
  • /test : (for debug only) send a test event to all enabled outputs.
  • /debug/vars : get statistics from daemon (in JSON format), it uses classic expvar package and some custom values are added
  • /metrics : prometheus endpoint, for scraping metrics about events and falcosidekick

Logs

All logs are sent to stdout.

2019/05/10 14:32:06 [INFO] : Enabled Outputs : Slack Datadog

Metrics

Golang ExpVar

The daemon exposes the common Golang metrics and some custom values in JSON format. It's useful for monitoring purpose.

expvar json expvarmon

Prometheus

The daemon exposes a prometheus endpoint on URI /metrics.

StatsD / DogStatsD

The daemon is able to push its metrics to a StatsD/DogstatsD server. See Configuration section for how-to.

AWS Policy example

When using the AWS output you will need to set the AWS keys with some permissions to access the resources you selected to use, like SQS, Lambda, SNS and CloudWatchLogs

CloudWatch Logs Sample Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "cloudwacthlogs",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "logs:CreateLogStream",
                "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
                "logs:PutRetentionPolicy",
                "logs:PutLogEvents"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

SQS Sample Policy

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Id": "sqs",
   "Statement": [{
      "Sid":"sendMessage",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "sqs:SendMessage",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sqs:*:111122223333:queue1"
   }]
}

SNS Sample Policy

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Id": "sns",
   "Statement": [{
      "Sid":"publish",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "sns:Publish",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sqs:*:111122223333:queue1"
   }]
}

Lambda Sample Policy

{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
   "Id": "lambda",
   "Statement": [{
      "Sid":"invoke",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "lambda:InvokeFunction",
      "Resource": "*"
   }]
}

Examples

Run you daemon and try (from falco's documentation) :

curl "http://localhost:2801/" -d'{"output":"16:31:56.746609046: Error File below a known binary directory opened for writing (user=root command=touch /bin/hack file=/bin/hack)","priority":"Error","rule":"Write below binary dir","time":"2019-05-17T15:31:56.746609046Z", "output_fields": {"evt.time":1507591916746609046,"fd.name":"/bin/hack","proc.cmdline":"touch /bin/hack","user.name":"root"}}'

You should get :

Slack

(SLACK_OUTPUTFORMAT="all")

slack example

(SLACK_OUTPUTFORMAT="text")

slack no fields example

(SLACK_OUTPUTFORMAT="fields" and SLACK_MESSAGEFORMAT="Alert : rule *{{ .Rule }}* triggered by user *{{ index .OutputFields "user.name" }}*")

slack message format example

Mattermost

mattermost example

Teams

(TEAMS_OUTPUTFORMAT="all")

teams example

(TEAMS_OUTPUTFORMAT="text")

teams facts only

Datadog

(Tip: filter on sources: falco)

datadog example

AlertManager

alertmanager example

Elasticsearch (with Kibana)

kibana example

Influxdb

> use falco
Using database falco
> show series
key
---
events,akey=AValue,bkey=BValue,ckey=CValue,priority=Debug,rule=Testrule
events,akey=A_Value,bkey=B_Value,ckey=C_Value,priority=Debug,rule=Test_rule
> select * from events
name: events
time                akey    bkey    ckey    priority rule      value
----                ----    ----    ----    -------- ----      -----
1560433816893368400 AValue  BValue  CValue  Debug    Testrule  This is a test from falcosidekick
1560441359119741800 A_Value B_Value C_Value Debug    Test_rule This is a test from falcosidekick

Loki (with Grafana)

loki example

AWS SQS

aws sqs example

SMTP

(SMTP_OUTPUTFORMAT="html")

smtp html example

(SMTP_OUTPUTFORMAT="text")

smtp plaintext example

Opsgenie

opsgenie example

Discord

discord example

Google Chat

(GOOGLECHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT="all")

google chat example

(GOOGLECHAT_OUTPUTFORMAT="text")

google chat text example

Development

Build

make falcosidekick

Quicktest

Create a debug event

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" localhost:2801/test

Test & Coverage

make test

With Coverage

make test-coverage

Author

Thomas Labarussias (https://github.com/Issif)