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Module Description

This module provides for the configuration of polkit policies.

Reference

Plesae see REFERENCE.md for details.

Development

Please read our Contribution Guide.

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Reference

Table of Contents

Classes

• polkit: Set up PolicyKit
• polkit::install: Manage the polkit package
• polkit::service: Ensure that the polkit service is running
• polkit::user: Manage the polkit user
• polkit::user::hidepid_notify: A notification for hidepid user creation

Defined types

• polkit::authorization::basic_policy: Add a rule file containing javascript Polkit configuration to the system
• polkit::authorization::rule: Add a rule file containing javascript Polkit configuration to the system
• polkit::local_authority: Add PolicyKit Local Authority policies to a system Only the default authority directories are currently supported

Functions

• polkit::validate_identity: Validate that all entries are valid PolicyKit identities per pkla-check-authorization(8). Abort catalog compilation if any entry fails this

Data types

• Polkit::Authority: polkit authority types
• Polkit::PackageEnsure: Package ensure type
• Polkit::Result: Polkit result types

Classes

polkit

Allows you to set up and manipulate PolicyKit objects

• See also
  • http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/docs/latest/
    • PolicyKit Documentation

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit class:

• manage_polkit_user
• package_ensure
• warn_on_unsupported_os

manage_polkit_user

Data type: Boolean

Enables managment of the $polkit_user

• Enabled by default since newer versions of polkit require the $polkit_user to be in the group assigned to /proc to function properly

@see polkit::user

Default value: true

package_ensure

Data type: Polkit::PackageEnsure

The ensure status of packages

Default value: simplib::lookup('simp_options::package_ensure', { 'default_value' => 'installed' })

warn_on_unsupported_os

Data type: Boolean

Warn if the module is trying to be used on an unsupported OS

• The module will not fail on an unsupported OS but also will not perform any action

Default value: true

polkit::install

Manage the polkit package

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit::install class:

• package_name
• package_ensure

package_name

Data type: String[1]

The name of the package to manage

Default value: 'polkit'

package_ensure

Data type: Variant[String[1],Boolean]

ensure state from the service resource

Default value: $polkit::package_ensure

polkit::service

Ensure that the polkit service is running

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit::service class:

• ensure
• enable
• service_name

ensure

Data type: Variant[String[1],Boolean]

ensure state from the service resource

Default value: 'running'

enable

Data type: Boolean

enable state from the service resource

Default value: true

service_name

Data type: String[1]

The name of the service to manage

Default value: 'polkit'

polkit::user

Manage the polkit user

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit::user class:

• user
• user_options
• report_proc_issues

user

Data type: String[1]

The user that polkit runs as

Default value: 'polkitd'

user_options

Data type: Hash

Allows setting of any of the usual puppet User resource options. Will have the GID assigned to /proc added to the groups to preserve proper system functionality.

Default value: {}

report_proc_issues

Data type: Boolean

Actively notify the user about issues with the hidepid setting on the /proc filesystem

Default value: true

polkit::user::hidepid_notify

This was moved into a separate class for resource notification chaining correctness

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit::user::hidepid_notify class:

• log_level

log_level

Data type: Any

The log level to use when generating the notification message

Default value: 'warning'

Defined types

polkit::authorization::basic_policy

The intention of this define is to make it easy to add simple polkit rules to a system. An example simple rule template is shown below:

// This file is managed by Puppet
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
  if (<condition>) {
      return polkit.Result.<result>;
    }
  }
});

A user-specified can be supplied with the $condition parameter, or the define can use the polkit::condition function to generate a condition using $action_id, $user and/or $group, an (optionally) $local and $active.

• See also
  • polkit(8)

Examples

Allow users in the virtusers group to use the system libvirt

polkit::authorization::basic_policy { 'Allow users to use libvirt':
  ensure    => present,
  group     => 'virtusers',
  result    => 'yes'
  action_id => 'org.libvirt.unix.manage',
  priority  => 20,
  local     => true,
  active    => true,
}

# Generates a policy file that looks like this
// This file is managed by Puppet
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
  if ((action.id == 'org.libvirt.unix.manage') && subject.user == 'testuser' && subject.isInGroup('testgroup') && subject.local && subject.active) {
      return polkit.Result.YES;
    }
  }
});

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit::authorization::basic_policy defined type:

• ensure
• result
• action_id
• user
• group
• local
• active
• condition
• log_action
• log_subject
• priority
• rulesd

ensure

Data type: Enum['present','absent']

Create or destroy the rules file

Default value: 'present'

result

Data type: Polkit::Result

The authorization result of the polkit transaction, for example yes or auth_admin

action_id

Data type: Optional[String]

The polkit action to operate on

• A list of available actions can be found by running pkaction

Default value: undef

user

Data type: Variant[Undef,String,Array[String]]

User to check

Default value: undef

group

Data type: Variant[Undef,String,Array[String]]

The group(s) that the user checking authorization belongs to

Default value: undef

local

Data type: Boolean

Check if the user is a local user. See man page for more explaination

Default value: false

active

Data type: Boolean

Check if the user is currently active. See man page for more explaination

Default value: false

condition

Data type: Optional[String]

If specified, will be placed in the javascript condition to be met for polkit authorization

Default value: undef

log_action

Data type: Boolean

Log the action to the system log

Default value: true

log_subject

Data type: Boolean

Log the subject to the system log

Default value: true

priority

Data type: Integer[0,99]

Priority of the file to be created

Default value: 10

rulesd

Data type: Stdlib::AbsolutePath

Location of the poklit rules directory

Default value: '/etc/polkit-1/rules.d'

polkit::authorization::rule

Add a rule file containing javascript Polkit configuration to the system

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit::authorization::rule defined type:

• ensure
• content
• priority
• rulesd

ensure

Data type: Enum['present','absent']

Create or destroy the rules file

content

Data type: String

An arbitrary string of javascript polkit configuration

priority

Data type: Integer[0,99]

Priority of the file to be created, lower priority means the rule would be read earlier

Default value: 10

rulesd

Data type: Stdlib::AbsolutePath

Location of the poklit rules directory

Default value: '/etc/polkit-1/rules.d'

polkit::local_authority

Add PolicyKit Local Authority policies to a system

Only the default authority directories are currently supported

• See also
  • pklocalauthority(8)

Examples

Local Test Policy

polkit::local_authority { 'test_policy':
  identity        => 'unix-group:staff',
  action          => 'com.example.awesomeproduct.*',
  result_any      => 'no',
  result_inactive => 'no',
  result_active   => 'auth_admin'
}

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the polkit::local_authority defined type:

• name
• identity
• action
• ensure
• target_directory
• authority
• order
• section_name
• result_active
• result_inactive
• result_any
• return_value

name

A descriptive, valid filename (not path) in which to house your pkla entries

• Do not include the leading number or the trailing .pkla

identity

Data type: Variant[String,Array[String]]

Identities as designated by pkla-check-authorization(8)

Single entries may be entered as a String. Multiple entries should be represented as an Array of entries and NOT a semicolon separated string.

action

Data type: String

ensure

Data type: Enum['file','absent','present']

This passes directly down to the file type but only cares if you set it to absent

Default value: 'present'

target_directory

Data type: Stdlib::Absolutepath

The destination base directory for your pkla file

• Anything may be used, but logical values are:
  • /etc/polkit-1/localauthority
  • /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority

Default value: '/etc/polkit-1/localauthority'

authority

Data type: Polkit::Authority

The local authority directory in which to store the pkla file

Supported values are:

• local
• mandatory
• org
• site
• vendor

Default value: 'mandatory'

order

Data type: Integer

The order number given to your pkla file

• Higher numbers override lower ones in alphanumeric order

Default value: 50

section_name

Data type: String

The section name within the pkla file

Default value: $name

result_active

Data type: Polkit::Result

Default value: undef

result_inactive

Data type: Polkit::Result

Default value: undef

result_any

Data type: Polkit::Result

Default value: undef

return_value

Data type: Polkit::Result

Default value: undef

Functions

polkit::validate_identity

Type: Ruby 4.x API

Validate that all entries are valid PolicyKit identities per pkla-check-authorization(8). Abort catalog compilation if any entry fails this check.

polkit::validate_identity(String $identity)

The polkit::validate_identity function.

Returns: Any None

identity

Data type: String

Polkit identity; must begin with a 'unix-user:' or 'unix_group:' header; the value portion can contain a wildcard. For example, 'unix-user:username' or 'unix-group:mygroup*'

polkit::validate_identity(Array[String] $identities)

The polkit::validate_identity function.

Returns: Any None

identities

Data type: Array[String]

Array of Polkit identities; each must begin with a 'unix-user:' or 'unix_group:' header; each value portion can contain a wildcard.

Data types

Polkit::Authority

polkit authority types

Alias of Enum['vendor', 'org', 'site', 'local', 'mandatory']

Polkit::PackageEnsure

Package ensure type

Alias of

Variant[String, Enum[
    'latest',
    'installed',
    'absent',
    'purged'
  ]]

Polkit::Result

Polkit result types

Alias of

Optional[Enum[
    'yes',
    'no',
    'auth_self',
    'auth_self_keep',
    'auth_admin',
    'auth_admin_keep',
  ]]

• Tue May 06 2025 Steven Pritchard steve@sicura.us - 6.9.0

• Cleanup for rubocop

• Mon Oct 23 2023 Steven Pritchard steve@sicura.us - 6.8.0

• [puppetsync] Add EL9 support

• Wed Oct 11 2023 Steven Pritchard steve@sicura.us - 6.7.0

• [puppetsync] Updates for Puppet 8
  • These updates may include the following:
    • Update Gemfile
    • Add support for Puppet 8
    • Drop support for Puppet 6
    • Update module dependencies

• Wed Aug 23 2023 Steven Pritchard steve@sicura.us - 6.6.0

• Add AlmaLinux 8 support

• Mon Jun 12 2023 Chris Tessmer chris.tessmer@onyxpoint.com - 6.5.0

• Add RockyLinux 8 support

• Wed Jun 16 2021 Chris Tessmer chris.tessmer@onyxpoint.com - 6.4.0

• Removed support for Puppet 5
• Ensured support for Puppet 7 in requirements and stdlib

• Sat Dec 19 2020 Chris Tessmer chris.tessmer@onyxpoint.com - 6.3.1

• Removed EL6 support

• Wed Sep 02 2020 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 6.3.0-0

• Added the following classes
  • polkit::install
  • polkit::service
  • polkit::user
• Ensure that the polkit user is managed by default and placed into the supplementary group bound to the 'gid' option on '/proc' if one is set to work around issues with 'hidepid' > 0.
• Made the entire main class inert on unsupported OSs and log a warning on the server that can be disabled

• Tue Dec 24 2019 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 6.2.0-0

• Add EL8 support
• Drop EL6 support (it was non-functional)
• Fix issue with basic_policy template that resulted in malformed rules
• Add acceptance tests

• Fri Aug 02 2019 Robert Vincent pillarsdotnet@gmail.com - 6.2.0-0

• Drop Puppet 4 support
• Add Puppet 6 support
• Add puppetlabs-stdlib 6 support

• Thu Mar 07 2019 Liz Nemsick lnemsick.simp@gmail.com - 6.1.2-0

• Update the upper bound of stdlib to < 6.0.0
• Update a URL in the README.md

• Sat Mar 24 2018 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 6.1.1-0

• Add support for OEL and Puppet 5
• Update badges and contribution guide URL in README.md

• Wed Jun 21 2017 Liz Nemsick lnemsick.simp@gmail.com - 6.1.0-0

• Update custom Puppet 3 functions to namespaced, Puppet 4 functions
• Allow default identity and identities prefixed with unix-netgroup.
• Confine puppet version in metadata.json

• Mon Apr 17 2017 Nick Miller nick.miller@onyxpoint.com - 6.1.0-0

• Add EL7 and polkit 106+ support by allowing javascript rules
  • Added define to allow for easy placement of custom rules
  • Added templated define to ease generation of basic rules

• Mon Dec 19 2016 Jeanne Greulich jeanne.greulich@onyxpoint.com - 6.0.0-0

• Strong Typing
• Code cleanup

• Tue Nov 22 2016 Jeanne Greulich jeanne.greulich@onyxpoint.com - 5.0.0-0

• Major version bump for SIMP 6

• Mon Nov 21 2016 Chris Tessmer chris.tessmer@onypoint.com - 4.1.2-0

• Remove compliance_map and general housekeeping

• Mon Nov 09 2015 Chris Tessmer chris.tessmer@onypoint.com - 4.1.0-2

• migration to simplib and simpcat (lib/ only)

• Fri Jan 16 2015 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.1.0-1

• Changed puppet-server requirement to puppet

• Tue Apr 08 2014 Kendall Moore kmoore@keywcorp.com - 4.1.0-0

• Refactored manifests to pass all lint tests for puppet 3 and hiera compatibility.
• Added spec tests.

• Mon Oct 07 2013 Kendall Moore kmoore@keywcorp.com - 4.0.0-3

• Updated all erb templates to properly scope variables.

• Thu Jul 04 2013 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.0.0-2

• There was a bug in the 'identity' variable for polkit::local_authority where it would not properly accept arrays of users or groups.

• Mon Dec 31 2012 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.0.0-1

• Created a Cucumber test that includes module in manifest and checks for config files.

• Fri Oct 26 2012 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.0.0-0

• Initial module release