Linux System and IDT-Capable GuardPoint Administration

Voradmin IDT Commands on Linux

The voradmin command is a command line utility for management of CTE specific configuration and status reporting. The voradmin command also supports configuration management related IDT-Capable GuardPoints (IDT).

For details about the Linux voradmin idt command options, see the man page for the voradmin command.

File System Mount Points on Linux

You can create and mount a file system on an IDT-Capable GuardPoint. CTE imposes one restriction on the mount point pathname selected for a device. Once you mount the device on a pathname, you cannot change the mount point to a different pathname. This restriction is enforced to allow the file system mount point to be guarded using a separate policy to enforce access control rules on the mounted file system namespace.

The following example shows the mount point of the IDT-Capable GuardPoint as the /xfs directory. The example also shows a failed attempt to mount the file system on a different directory pathname.

 voradmin idt status /dev/sdc1
IDT Header on /dev/secvm/dev/sdc1
        Version:                         1
        Change:                          0
Private Region Size:             129024 sectors
Exported Device Size:            9627648 sectors
        Key UUID:                        9cc3c8e4-7ea7-310f-85c7-6f911de1ab52
Mount Path:                      /xfs
# unmount /xfs
# makedir /other-xfs
# mount -t xfs /dev/secvm/dev/sdc2 /other-xfs
mount: permission denied
# mount -t xfs /dev/secvm/dev/sdc2 /xfs

Auto Mount Options for File System Devices on Linux

IDT-Capable GuardPoints containing file systems can also be added to the /etc/fstab configuration file for auto mount at startup or unmount at shutdown. An entry can be for a GuardPoint configured for either Auto Guard or Manual Guard. For more information about Auto and Manual Guard options, see Guard the Linux Device with an IDT-Capable GuardPoint.

Use the device path corresponding to an IDT-Capable GuardPoint device when specifying fstab entries, such as /dev/secvm/dev/sdh. Do not use the native device pathnames, such as /dev/sdh, or device mapper device names. You must also include several settings in the fstab entry for each IDT-Capable GuardPoint, as shown in the following table:

This is an example of an entry in /etc/fstab for an IDT-Capable GuardPoint with an xfs file system that is mounted on /xfs:

/dev/secvm/dev/sdh /xfs xfs x-systemd.requires=secvm-barrier.service,  \
x-systemd.wanted-by=dev-secvm-dev-sdh.device,nofail 0 0

For information about configuring systemd for CTE, see [CTE and systemd].

Linux System Utilities for Signing

The following table includes recommendations on the system and file system specific utilities for inclusion in the signature set to allow or deny root execution.