AWS S3 Target Permissions

Permissions required to add S3 as a target to T4K

To add AWS S3 (object storage) as a Target within T4K, users need specific access permissions on the bucket.

• Implementation Step

  1. Create the following Policy in AWS

     • Note: replace bucketname with name of the s3 bucket name

     {
         "Version": "2012-10-17",
         "Statement": [
             {
                 "Effect": "Allow",
                 "Action": [
                     "s3:ListBucket",
                     "s3:PutObject",
                     "s3:GetObject",
                     "s3:DeleteObject"
                 ],
                 "Resource": [
                     "arn:aws:s3:::bucketname",
                     "arn:aws:s3:::bucketname/*"
                 ]
             },
             {
                 "Effect": "Deny",
                 "NotAction": "s3:*",
                 "NotResource": [
                     "arn:aws:s3:::bucketname",
                     "arn:aws:s3:::bucketname/*"
                 ]
             }
         ]
     }

  2. Attach policy to a user and collect the Access key ID ,Secret access key which the user has to provide while adding an AWS target.

  3. Optional: In case an AWS policy has been attached to a bucket then the bucket policy should be as follows:

     • Note: Alice is user in root account 111122223333

     {
         "Version": "2012-10-17",
         "Statement": [
             {
                 "Effect": "Allow",
                 "Principal": {
                 "AWS": [
                         "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/Alice",
                 ]
                 },
                 "Action": [                        
                     "s3:ListBucket",
                     "s3:PutObject",
                     "s3:GetObject",
                     "s3:DeleteObject"
                    ],
                 "Resource": [
                     "arn:aws:s3:::my_bucket",
                     "arn:aws:s3:::my_bucket/*"
                 ]
             }
         ]
     }

• Security Settings:

  1. To perform target browsing, privileged containers are required for both object storage and NFS storage. Refer to the official documentation: Pod Security Context

  2. If user has restricted privileged containers across backup and/or restore namespaces. PodSecurityPolicy should be edited to allow privileged containers. Create or edit the PodSecurityPolicy with the necessary privileges. Save this configuration in a YAML file, for example, allow-privileged-psp.yaml:

  apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
  kind: PodSecurityPolicy
  metadata:
    name: allow-privileged
  spec:
    privileged: true

  1. Apply or update the PodSecurityPolicy in your cluster:

  kubectl apply -f allow-privileged-psp.yaml

  1. Next, create a ClusterRole that allows the use of the PodSecurityPolicy:

  apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
  kind: ClusterRole
  metadata:
    name: use-allow-privileged-psp
  rules:
  - apiGroups: ['policy']
    resources: ['podsecuritypolicies']
    verbs: ['use']
    resourceNames: ['allow-privileged']  # Use the name of your PSP

  1. Apply the ClusterRole to your cluster:

  kubectl apply -f cluster-role.yaml

  1. Create a ClusterRoleBinding to bind the ClusterRole to the backup-namespace where you want to allow privileged containers:

  apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
  kind: ClusterRoleBinding
  metadata:
    name: bind-allow-privileged-psp
  roleRef:
    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
    kind: ClusterRole
    name: use-allow-privileged-psp  # Use the name of your ClusterRole
  subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: default  # Use the appropriate ServiceAccount name or account that you want to apply the PSP to
    namespace: backup-namespace  # Specify the target namespace

  1. Apply the ClusterRoleBinding to your cluster:

  kubectl apply -f cluster-role-binding.yaml

Make sure to adapt the configuration to your specific use case and security requirements. Please consult your system administrator before updating the PodSecurityPolicy.