docker-bench-security/README.md

# Docker Bench

![Docker Security Benchmark running](/benchmark_log.png?raw=true "Docker Security Benchmark running")

The Docker Bench is a script that checks for all the automatable tests included in the [CIS Docker 1.6 Benchmark](https://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/tools2/docker/CIS_Docker_1.6_Benchmark_v1.0.0.pdf). We are releasing this as a follow-up to our [Understanding Docker Security and Best Practices](https://blog.docker.com/2015/05/understanding-docker-security-and-best-practices/) blog post.

We are making this available as an open-source utility so the Docker community can have an easy way to self-assess their hosts and docker containers against this benchmark.

## Running Docker Bench

We packaged docker bench as a small container for your convenience. Note that this container is being run with a *lot* of privilege -- sharing the host's filesystem, pid and network namespaces, due to portions of the benchmark applying to the running host.

The easiest way to run your hosts against the CIS Docker 1.6 benchmark is by running our pre-built container:


```
docker run -it --net host --pid host -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v /usr/lib/systemd:/usr/lib/systemd -v /etc:/etc --label docker-bench \
diogomonica/docker-bench
```

Docker bench requires Docker 1.6.2 or later to run, since it depends on the `--label` to exclude the current container from being inspected. If you can't upgrade to 1.6.2, I feel free to remove the `--label` flag or run the shell script locally (see below).

Additionally, there was a bug in Docker 1.6.0 that would not allow mounting `-v /dev:/dev`. If you are getting an error while accessing `resolv.conf`, please update your docker to 1.6.2.

## Building Docker Bench

If you wish to build and run this container yourself, you can follow the following steps:

```
git clone https://github.com/diogomonica/docker-bench.git
cd docker-bench; docker build -t docker-bench .
docker run -it --net host --pid host -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v /usr/lib/systemd:/usr/lib/systemd -v /etc:/etc --label security-benchmark \
docker-bench
```

Also, this script can also be simply run from your base host by running:

```
git clone https://github.com/diogomonica/docker-bench.git
cd docker-bench; sh docker-bench.sh
```

This script was build to be POSIX 2004 compliant, so it should be portable across any Unix platform.