Security improvements #1

.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI/CD Pipeline with Ephemeral PiP
+name: CI/CD Pipeline with Secure Ephemeral PiP
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ env:
   REGISTRY: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }}
   APP_NAME: ${{ secrets.APP_NAME }}
   IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.sha }}
+  RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
 
 jobs:
   test-backend:
@@ -28,57 +29,55 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x ./pip_ready.sh
           ./pip_ready.sh
 
-      - name: Setup SSH for production deployment
+      - name: Setup SSH with pinned known_hosts
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/.ssh
           echo "${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
           chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          ssh-keyscan -H ${{ secrets.PRODUCTION_IP }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          echo "${{ secrets.SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS }}" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
-      - name: Login to Forgejo Container Registry
+      - name: Create integration test network
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman login ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }} \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman network create integ-$RUN_ID
-            -u ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }} \
-            -p ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Start PostgreSQL for integration tests
+      - name: Start PostgreSQL on internal network
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman run -d \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman run -d \
             --name test-postgres \
+            --network integ-$RUN_ID \
             -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=testpassword \
             -e POSTGRES_USER=testuser \
             -e POSTGRES_DB=testdb \
-            -p 5432:5432 \
             postgres:15-alpine
 
       - name: Wait for PostgreSQL to be ready
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip timeout 60 bash -c 'until podman exec test-postgres pg_isready -h localhost -p 5432 -U testuser; do sleep 1; done'
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID timeout 60 bash -c 'until podman exec test-postgres pg_isready -h test-postgres -p 5432 -U testuser; do sleep 1; done'
 
       - name: Run backend unit tests
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman run --rm \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman run --rm \
             -v $(pwd):/workspace \
             -w /workspace \
             rust:latest \
             sh -c "cargo test --lib -- --test-threads=1"
 
       - name: Run backend integration tests
-        env:
-          DATABASE_URL: postgres://testuser:testpassword@localhost:5432/testdb
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman run --rm \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman run --rm \
             -v $(pwd):/workspace \
             -w /workspace \
-            -e DATABASE_URL="$DATABASE_URL" \
+            -e DATABASE_URL=postgres://testuser:testpassword@test-postgres:5432/testdb \
             rust:latest \
             sh -c "cargo test --test '*' -- --test-threads=1"
 
-      - name: Cleanup test database
+      - name: Cleanup test resources
         if: always()
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman stop test-postgres 2>/dev/null || true
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman stop test-postgres 2>/dev/null || true
-          podman exec ci-pip podman rm test-postgres 2>/dev/null || true
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman rm test-postgres 2>/dev/null || true
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman network rm integ-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
 
   test-frontend:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ci]
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run frontend tests in PiP
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman run --rm \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman run --rm \
             -v $(pwd):/workspace \
             -w /workspace \
             node:20 \
@@ -122,21 +121,21 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x ./pip_ready.sh
           ./pip_ready.sh
 
-      - name: Login to Forgejo Container Registry
+      - name: Login to Forgejo Container Registry securely
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman login ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }} \
+          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}" | podman exec -i ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman login ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }} \
             -u ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }} \
-            -p ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+            --password-stdin
 
       - name: Build backend image
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman build \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman build \
             -t ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }}/${{ secrets.APP_NAME }}/backend:${{ github.sha }} \
             -f Dockerfile.backend .
 
       - name: Push backend image
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman push \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman push \
             ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }}/${{ secrets.APP_NAME }}/backend:${{ github.sha }}
 
   build-frontend:
@@ -156,21 +155,21 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x ./pip_ready.sh
           ./pip_ready.sh
 
-      - name: Login to Forgejo Container Registry
+      - name: Login to Forgejo Container Registry securely
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman login ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }} \
+          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}" | podman exec -i ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman login ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }} \
             -u ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }} \
-            -p ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+            --password-stdin
 
       - name: Build frontend image
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman build \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman build \
             -t ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }}/${{ secrets.APP_NAME }}/frontend:${{ github.sha }} \
             -f Dockerfile.frontend .
 
       - name: Push frontend image
         run: |
-          podman exec ci-pip podman push \
+          podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman push \
             ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_HOST }}/${{ secrets.APP_NAME }}/frontend:${{ github.sha }}
 
   cleanup:
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-backend, build-frontend]
     if: always()
     steps:
-      - name: Cleanup PiP container
+      - name: Cleanup PiP container and socket
         run: |
-          podman rm -f ci-pip 2>/dev/null || true
+          podman rm -f ci-pip-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
-          rm -f /tmp/podman.sock 2>/dev/null || true
+          rm -f ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman-host/podman.sock 2>/dev/null || true

pip_ready.sh

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# pip_ready.sh - Readiness probe for PiP container
+# pip_ready.sh - Socket-only readiness probe for PiP container
-# Checks if the Podman-in-Podman container is ready for CI operations
+# Checks if PiP container can connect to host Podman via UNIX socket
 
-PIP_CONTAINER_NAME="ci-pip"
+RUN_ID="${GITHUB_RUN_ID:-local}"
-MAX_RETRIES=30
+PIP_CONTAINER_NAME="ci-pip-${RUN_ID}"
+MAX_RETRIES=15
 RETRY_DELAY=2
 
-# Function to check PiP readiness
+# Function to check PiP socket connectivity only
 check_pip_ready() {
-    echo "🔍 Checking PiP container readiness..."
+    echo "🔍 Checking PiP container socket connectivity..."
     
     # Check if container exists and is running
     if ! podman inspect "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" --format '{{.State.Status}}' 2>/dev/null | grep -q running; then
@@ -18,22 +19,19 @@ check_pip_ready() {
         return 1
     fi
     
-    # Test basic Podman command inside PiP
+    # Test basic Podman command connectivity (socket only)
     if ! podman exec "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" podman info --format json >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "⚠️  PiP container running but Podman not responsive"
+        echo "⚠️  PiP container running but socket connectivity failed"
         return 1
     fi
     
-    # Test image pulling capability (network test)
+    # Test version command (socket connectivity verification)
-    if ! podman exec "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" podman pull --quiet alpine:latest >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! podman exec "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" podman version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "⚠️  PiP container ready but network access test failed"
+        echo "⚠️  PiP container socket connection unstable"
         return 1
     fi
     
-    # Clean up test image
+    echo "✅ PiP container ready with socket connectivity"
-    podman exec "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" podman rmi alpine:latest 2>/dev/null || true
-    
-    echo "✅ PiP container ready and fully operational"
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -45,13 +43,13 @@ while [[ ${attempt} -le ${MAX_RETRIES} ]]; do
         exit 0
     fi
     
-    echo "⏳ PiP not ready yet (attempt ${attempt}/${MAX_RETRIES}), retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY}s..."
+    echo "⏳ PiP socket connectivity not ready yet (attempt ${attempt}/${MAX_RETRIES}), retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY}s..."
     sleep ${RETRY_DELAY}
     attempt=$((attempt + 1))
 done
 
 # If we reach here, all retries failed
-echo "❌ ERROR: PiP container failed to become ready after ${MAX_RETRIES} attempts"
+echo "❌ ERROR: PiP container failed to establish socket connectivity after ${MAX_RETRIES} attempts"
 echo "📋 Container status:"
 podman ps -a --filter "name=${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}" || true
 

secure_pip_setup.sh

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# secure_pip_setup.sh - Idempotent setup for ephemeral Podman-in-Podman container
+# secure_pip_setup.sh - Secure PiP client container setup
-# This script creates a secure PiP container for CI operations with no network exposure
+# Creates ephemeral PiP container that connects to host Podman via UNIX socket
 
 # Configuration
-PIP_CONTAINER_NAME="ci-pip"
+RUN_ID="${GITHUB_RUN_ID:-local}"
+PIP_CONTAINER_NAME="ci-pip-${RUN_ID}"
 SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman-host"
 SOCKET_PATH="${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock"
 PODMAN_IMAGE="quay.io/podman/stable:latest"
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ fi
 echo "🔒 Setting secure socket permissions..."
 chmod 660 "${SOCKET_PATH}"
 
-# Create ephemeral PiP container with maximum security
+# Create ephemeral PiP container as client only (no inner daemon)
-echo "🐳 Creating secure PiP container..."
+echo "🐳 Creating secure PiP client container..."
 podman run -d \
   --name "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" \
   --security-opt=no-new-privileges \
@@ -49,12 +50,13 @@ podman run -d \
   --tmpfs /run:rw,size=64M \
   --tmpfs /tmp:rw,size=256M \
   -v "${SOCKET_PATH}:/var/run/podman.sock" \
+  -e CONTAINER_HOST="unix:///var/run/podman.sock" \
   "${PODMAN_IMAGE}" \
-  podman system service --time=0 unix:///var/run/podman.sock
+  sleep infinity
 
 # Wait for container to start
 echo "⏳ Waiting for PiP container to start..."
-sleep 5
+sleep 3
 
 # Verify container is running
 if ! podman inspect "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" --format '{{.State.Status}}' | grep -q running; then
@@ -64,19 +66,7 @@ if ! podman inspect "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" --format '{{.State.Status}}' | grep
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Kill the background host service (PiP container now handles requests)
+echo "🎉 Secure PiP client container setup complete!"
-echo "🔄 Switching to PiP container for Podman operations..."
-kill ${HOST_PODMAN_PID} 2>/dev/null || true
-
-# Test PiP connectivity
-echo "✅ Testing PiP connectivity..."
-if ! podman exec "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" podman version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "❌ ERROR: PiP container not responding to Podman commands"
-    podman logs "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" || true
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "🎉 Secure PiP container setup complete!"
 echo "   Container: ${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}"
 echo "   Socket: ${SOCKET_PATH}"
-echo "   Security: No network, no capabilities, read-only rootfs"
+echo "   Security: No network, no capabilities, read-only rootfs, client-only"