How To Install udica on CentOS 8

udica is A tool for generating SELinux security policies for containers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udica on CentOS 8.

What is `udica`

Tool for generating SELinux security profiles for containers based on inspection of container JSON file.

We can use yum or dnf to install udica on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install udica.

Install udica on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install udica using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install udica

Install udica on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install udica using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install udica

How To Uninstall udica on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the udica package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove udica

udica Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/udica
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica-0.2.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica-0.2.3-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica-0.2.3-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica-0.2.3-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica-0.2.3-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica-0.2.3-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/parse.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/parse.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/perms.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/perms.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/policy.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/policy.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/parse.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/perms.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/policy.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/udica/version.py
/usr/share/licenses/udica
/usr/share/licenses/udica/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/udica.8.gz
/usr/share/udica
/usr/share/udica/ansible
/usr/share/udica/ansible/deploy-module.yml
/usr/share/udica/templates
/usr/share/udica/templates/base_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/config_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/home_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/log_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/net_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/tmp_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/tty_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/virt_container.cil
/usr/share/udica/templates/x_container.cil

References

udica website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install udica on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.