localtoast

README

Localtoast

Localtoast is a scanner for running security-related configuration checks such as CIS benchmarks in an easily configurable manner.

The scanner can either be used as a standalone binary to scan the local machine or as a library with a custom wrapper to perform scans on e.g. container images or remote hosts.

How to use

As a standalone binary:

1. Install the build deps
2. make
3. sudo ./localtoast --config=configs/example.textproto --result=scan-result.textproto

Build and use OS-specific configs:

1. make configs
2. sudo ./localtoast --config=configs/full/cos_97/instance_scanning.textproto --result=scan-result.textproto

Build and run Localtoast with SQL scanning capabilities:

1. make configs
2. make localtoast_sql
3. sudo localtoast_sql/localtoast_sql --config=configs/full/cassandra-cql/instance_scanning.textproto --result=scan-result.textproto --cassandra-database=localhost:9042

As a library:

1. Import github.com/google/localtoast/scannerlib and github.com/google/localtoast/scanapi into your Go project
2. Write a custom implementation for the scanapi.ScanAPI interface
3. Call scannerlib.Scanner{}.Scan() with the appropriate config and the implementation

See the scan config and result protos for details on the input+output format.

Defining custom checks

To add your own checks to a scan config,

1. Define the check in one of the definition files

• Example
• See the instruction proto for details on the instruction syntax

1. Add a reference to the check in the scan config you want to extend

• Example

1. Re-build the config file with make configs
2. Use the re-generated config file in your scans, e.g. sudo ./localtoast --config=configs/full/cos_97/instance_scanning.textproto --result=scan-result.textproto

Build dependencies

To build Localtoast, you'll need to have the following installed:

• go: Follow https://go.dev/doc/install
• protoc: Install the appropriate package, e.g. apt install protobuf-compiler
• protoc-gen-go: Run go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go

Contributing

Read how to contribute to Localtoast.

License

Localtoast is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

Copyright 2021 Google Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Disclaimers

Localtoast is not an official Google product.

Documentation

Overview

The localtoast command wraps around the scanner library to create a standalone CLI for the config scanner with direct access to the local machine's filesystem.