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[Reporting] Document Network Policy configuration (elastic#80431)
* [Reporting] Document Network Policy configuration * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Larry Gregory <lgregorydev@gmail.com> * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: gchaps <33642766+gchaps@users.noreply.github.com> * remove detail about policy acting on responses * Update docs/user/reporting/network-policy.asciidoc Co-authored-by: gchaps <33642766+gchaps@users.noreply.github.com> * lowercase network policy * typo Co-authored-by: Larry Gregory <lgregorydev@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: gchaps <33642766+gchaps@users.noreply.github.com>
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[role="xpack"] | ||
[[reporting-network-policy]] | ||
=== Restrict requests with a Reporting network policy | ||
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When Reporting generates PDF reports, it uses the Chromium browser to fully load the {kib} page on the server. This | ||
potentially involves sending requests to external hosts. For example, a request might go to an external image server to show a | ||
field formatted as an image, or to show an image in a Markdown visualization. | ||
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If the Chromium browser is asked to send a request that violates the network policy, Reporting stops processing the page | ||
before the request goes out, and the report is marked as a failure. Additional information about the event is in | ||
the Kibana server logs. | ||
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[NOTE] | ||
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{kib} installations are not designed to be publicly accessible over the Internet. The Reporting network policy and other capabilities | ||
of the Elastic Stack security features do not change this condition. | ||
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==== Configure a Reporting network policy | ||
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You configure the network policy by specifying the `xpack.reporting.capture.networkPolicy.rules` setting in `kibana.yml`. A policy is specified as | ||
an array of objects that describe what to allow or deny based on a host or protocol. If a host or protocol | ||
is not specified, the rule matches any host or protocol. | ||
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The rule objects are evaluated sequentially from the beginning to the end of the array, and continue until there is a matching rule. | ||
If no rules allow a request, the request is denied. | ||
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[source,yaml] | ||
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# Only allow requests to placeholder.com | ||
xpack.reporting.capture.networkPolicy: | ||
rules: [ { allow: true, host: "placeholder.com" } ] | ||
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[source,yaml] | ||
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# Only allow requests to https://placeholder.com | ||
xpack.reporting.capture.networkPolicy: | ||
rules: [ { allow: true, host: "placeholder.com", protocol: "https:" } ] | ||
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A final `allow` rule with no host or protocol will allow all requests that are not explicitly denied. | ||
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[source,yaml] | ||
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# Denies requests from http://placeholder.com, but anything else is allowed. | ||
xpack.reporting.capture.networkPolicy: | ||
rules: [{ allow: false, host: "placeholder.com", protocol: "http:" }, { allow: true }]; | ||
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A network policy can be composed of multiple rules. | ||
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[source,yaml] | ||
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# Allow any request to http://placeholder.com but for any other host, https is required | ||
xpack.reporting.capture.networkPolicy | ||
rules: [ | ||
{ allow: true, host: "placeholder.com", protocol: "http:" }, | ||
{ allow: true, protocol: "https:" }, | ||
] | ||
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[NOTE] | ||
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The `file:` protocol is always denied, even if no network policy is configured. | ||
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==== Disable a Reporting network policy | ||
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You can use the `xpack.reporting.capture.networkPolicy.enabled: false` setting to disable the network policy feature. The default for | ||
this configuration property is `true`, so it is not necessary to explicitly enable it. |