OCPBUGS-120679: networking-console-plugin: Enable readOnlyRootFilesystem

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OCPBUGS-120679 / OCPSTRAT-2045: Product Security compliance requires pods to run with readOnlyRootFilesystem: true. A scan of OCP 4.22 found containers in openshift-network-console without it.
CNO deploys the networking-console-plugin Deployment to that namespace (default 2 replicas; the scan count of "2 containers" matches replica count, not two distinct container definitions).

What

1. Set readOnlyRootFilesystem: true on the networking-console-plugin container in bindata/networking-console-plugin/003-deployment.yaml.
2. Add emptyDir volumes for paths the startup script and nginx need when the root filesystem is read-only:
   /tmp — generated nginx.conf from the startup sed command, and nginx temporary files (see ConfigMap below)
   /run — nginx PID/socket directory
   /var/lib/nginx — nginx state directory (writable in the plugin image; replaced with an empty emptyDir at runtime)
   /var/log/nginx — default nginx error log path (nginx may open it before fully applying error_log /dev/stdout in config)
3. In bindata/networking-console-plugin/002-config-map.yaml, set nginx client_body_temp_path and related temp paths under /tmp so nginx does not rely on package-default paths under /var/lib/nginx/tmp on an empty mount.
4. Extend Test_renderNetworkingConsolePlugin in pkg/network/render_test.go to assert:
   readOnlyRootFilesystem and the writable emptyDir mounts in the rendered Deployment
   nginx temp path directives in the rendered ConfigMap

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@jechen0648: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-120679, which is valid. The bug has been moved to the POST state.

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In response to this:

OCPBUGS-120679 / OCPSTRAT-2045: Product Security compliance requires pods to run with readOnlyRootFilesystem: true. A scan of OCP 4.22 found containers in openshift-network-console without it.
CNO deploys the networking-console-plugin Deployment to that namespace (default 2 replicas; the scan count of "2 containers" matches replica count, not two distinct container definitions).

What

• Set readOnlyRootFilesystem: true on the networking-console-plugin container in bindata/networking-console-plugin/003-deployment.yaml.
• Add emptyDir volumes mounted at /tmp, /run, and /var/lib/nginx for paths the startup script and nginx need at runtime:
• /tmp — generated nginx.conf from the startup sed command
• /run — nginx PID/socket dir
• /var/lib/nginx — nginx runtime state (expected writable per the plugin image Dockerfile)
• Add a unit test in Test_renderNetworkingConsolePlugin asserting the security context and writable mounts in the rendered Deployment.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Security Enhancements
  • The networking console plugin now runs with a read-only root filesystem.
  • Required temporary and runtime directories remain writable through dedicated temporary storage mounts.
  • Existing protections continue to prevent privilege escalation and unnecessary access.
  • NGINX temporary files for client requests, proxying, FastCGI, uWSGI, and SCGI requests are now stored under /tmp.

Walkthrough

The networking console plugin now runs nginx with a read-only root filesystem. Four emptyDir volumes provide writable paths. NGINX temporary-file paths use /tmp. Rendering tests validate the configuration and deployment.

Changes

Networking console plugin hardening

Layer / File(s)	Summary
NGINX temporary paths bindata/networking-console-plugin/002-config-map.yaml, pkg/network/render_test.go	The NGINX configuration assigns temporary paths under /tmp. Tests verify the client-body and proxy paths.
Read-only filesystem and writable mounts bindata/networking-console-plugin/003-deployment.yaml, pkg/network/render_test.go	The nginx container enables readOnlyRootFilesystem. EmptyDir volumes back /tmp, /run, /var/lib/nginx, and /var/log/nginx. Tests verify the security setting, mounts, and volume declarations.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: tpantelis

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to de939

The hardened deployment retains writable locations required by NGINX while keeping the root filesystem read-only. No unresolved merge-blocking risk remains.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	❌ Error	The title describes the change and uses the imperative mood, but it is 73 characters and places the affected component after the Jira key rather than at the start.	Shorten the title to 72 characters or fewer and place the component first, for example: "networking-console-plugin: Enable readOnlyRootFilesystem".
Pr Quality	❌ Error	The PR is small and focused: it changes three files with 72 added lines, so the size criterion passes. The title and description include a bug link, and the description explains the scan finding and t…	Update the PR description before approval. Add a Why section with the motivation and root cause, and add a Testing or How to verify it section that names the automated CNO CI lanes/jobs and their platforms. Also document the user-faci…
Commit Message Quality	❌ Error	The PR contains one non-merge commit, and its subject is scoped and descriptive: networking-console-plugin: Enable readOnlyRootFilesystem OCPBUGS-120679. However, the commit body only lists implemen…	Amend or reword the commit message so the body states the need for the change. For example, explain that Product Security requires readOnlyRootFilesystem: true and that the deployment was identified by the OCP 4.22 compliance scan, then s…
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (20 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the read-only root filesystem change, required writable volumes, nginx configuration updates, and test coverage.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Unit Tests For Go Changes	✅ Passed	The pull request modifies two YAML templates under bindata/networking-console-plugin and also modifies pkg/network/render_test.go. The added tests cover the rendered nginx temp paths, readOnlyRootFile…
E2e Tests For Feature Changes	✅ Passed	PASS. The PR changes only two YAML manifests and pkg/network/render_test.go. The only Go file is a *_test.go file, which the custom check explicitly excludes. No qualifying non-test Go source chan…
Rbac Least Privilege	✅ Passed	PASS. The authoritative PR diff contains only two YAML changes under bindata/networking-console-plugin and one Go test change. The YAML changes modify an nginx ConfigMap and Deployment only. The patch…
Docs For Feature And Behavior Changes	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only the networking-console-plugin manifests and render tests. The deployment hardening adds readOnlyRootFilesystem: true and writable emptyDir mounts, while the NGINX pat…
Stale Project Docs And Config	✅ Passed	The PR changes only existing networking-console-plugin templates and its render test. It does not rename or add an operand, change component boundaries, or change a documented CRD, flag, binary, or op…
Go And Test Code Quality	✅ Passed	PASS — The only modified Go file is pkg/network/render_test.go. The added tests use t.Setenv and Gomega assertions, with no t.Fatalf, time.Sleep, os.Setenv, logging, error-shadowing, duratio…
Ai-Generated Code Smell	✅ Passed	The changed code is focused and proportional to the requested read-only filesystem behavior. The deployment adds the required readOnlyRootFilesystem, emptyDir volumes, and mounts. The ConfigMap ad…
Stable And Deterministic Test Names	✅ Passed	The pull request adds two t.Run titles, and both are fixed string literals: should render nginx temp paths under /tmp for read-only root filesystem and `should enable readOnlyRootFilesystem with w…
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request adds standard Go tests using testing.T and t.Run, not Ginkgo It blocks or Ginkgo lifecycle hooks. The tests render in-memory Kubernetes objects and do not create cluster r…
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes two manifests and pkg/network/render_test.go. The added tests use Go testing.T with t.Run, not Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, or When. They only inspect ren…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The pull request adds only standard Go unit-test subtests in pkg/network/render_test.go using t.Run and Gomega assertions. It adds no Ginkgo e2e tests using It, Describe, Context, or When.…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	The authoritative PR diff changes only nginx configuration, read-only filesystem settings, four emptyDir mounts, and render tests. It does not add or modify replica logic, required anti-affinity, to…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes two YAML manifests and adds assertions inside Test_renderNetworkingConsolePlugin subtests. It adds no main, init, TestMain, suite setup, logging, or stdout write…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request adds only ordinary Go testing subtests under Test_renderNetworkingConsolePlugin; it adds no Ginkgo e2e constructs such as It, Describe, Context, or When. The tests r…
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request adds filesystem mounts, nginx temp-path directives, and rendering tests. The added lines contain no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, 3DES, Blowfish, ECB, custom crypto, or non-constant-time…
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	No custom-check failure condition is introduced. The deployment changes add readOnlyRootFilesystem: true and emptyDir mounts only. The container retains allowPrivilegeEscalation: false, drops all capa…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	The pull request does not add logging or sensitive data to logs. Its added NGINX directives only change temporary-file paths to /tmp, and its deployment changes add readOnlyRootFilesystem plus `em…

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The PR is small and focused: it changes three files with 72 added lines, so the size criterion passes. The title and description include a bug link, and the description explains the scan finding and the root-cause fix. However, this is a non-trivial behavioral deployment change. The description has a detailed ## What section but no Why section and no Testing or How to verify it section identifying automated CNO CI jobs and platforms. It also does not state user-facing impact or upgrade/rollback considerations. The diff confirms behavior changed through readOnlyRootFilesystem, four emptyDir mounts, nginx temporary paths, and new render-test coverage.

Resolution

Update the PR description before approval. Add a Why section with the motivation and root cause, and add a Testing or How to verify it section that names the automated CNO CI lanes/jobs and their platforms. Also document the user-facing impact and any upgrade or rollback considerations for the deployment behavior change. Keep the existing bug link and What implementation details.

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The PR contains one non-merge commit, and its subject is scoped and descriptive: networking-console-plugin: Enable readOnlyRootFilesystem OCPBUGS-120679. However, the commit body only lists implementation changes and the test. It does not state why the change is needed, such as Product Security compliance or the scan finding. This violates criterion 4. No unrelated commit or merge commit is present.

Resolution

Amend or reword the commit message so the body states the need for the change. For example, explain that Product Security requires readOnlyRootFilesystem: true and that the deployment was identified by the OCP 4.22 compliance scan, then summarize the implementation and validation at a high level.

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🟠 Major · Mount /var/log/nginx as writable. · bindata/networking-console-plugin/003-deployment.yaml:87-127

87-127: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Mount /var/log/nginx as writable. The networking-console-plugin image prepares /var/log/nginx for NGINX logs. This configuration redirects only error_log; NGINX keeps its default access log, so startup or a request can try to write /var/log/nginx/access.log. The current mounts do not cover that path when the root filesystem is read-only. Add an emptyDir mount at /var/log/nginx.

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In `@bindata/networking-console-plugin/003-deployment.yaml` around lines 87 - 127,
Add an emptyDir volume and corresponding writable volumeMount for /var/log/nginx
in the networking-console-plugin pod, alongside the existing tmp, run, and
var-lib-nginx mounts. Preserve the read-only root filesystem and ensure the
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In `@bindata/networking-console-plugin/003-deployment.yaml`:
- Around line 87-127: Add an emptyDir volume and corresponding writable
volumeMount for /var/log/nginx in the networking-console-plugin pod, alongside
the existing tmp, run, and var-lib-nginx mounts. Preserve the read-only root
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@jechen0648: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-120679, which is valid.

3 validation(s) were run on this bug

• bug is open, matching expected state (open)
• bug target version (5.1.0) matches configured target version for branch (5.1.0)
• bug is in the state POST, which is one of the valid states (NEW, ASSIGNED, POST)

Details

In response to this:

OCPBUGS-120679 / OCPSTRAT-2045: Product Security compliance requires pods to run with readOnlyRootFilesystem: true. A scan of OCP 4.22 found containers in openshift-network-console without it.
CNO deploys the networking-console-plugin Deployment to that namespace (default 2 replicas; the scan count of "2 containers" matches replica count, not two distinct container definitions).

What

Set readOnlyRootFilesystem: true on the networking-console-plugin container in bindata/networking-console-plugin/003-deployment.yaml.
Add emptyDir volumes for paths the startup script and nginx need when the root filesystem is read-only:
/tmp — generated nginx.conf from the startup sed command, and nginx temporary files (see ConfigMap below)
/run — nginx PID/socket directory
/var/lib/nginx — nginx state directory (writable in the plugin image; replaced with an empty emptyDir at runtime)
/var/log/nginx — default nginx error log path (nginx may open it before fully applying error_log /dev/stdout in config)
In bindata/networking-console-plugin/002-config-map.yaml, set nginx client_body_temp_path and related temp paths under /tmp so nginx does not rely on package-default paths under /var/lib/nginx/tmp on an empty mount.
Extend Test_renderNetworkingConsolePlugin in pkg/network/render_test.go to assert:
readOnlyRootFilesystem and the writable emptyDir mounts in the rendered Deployment
nginx temp path directives in the rendered ConfigMap

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