Assert non-root services, JWT migration, and escape hatch in CI

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Josh Hawkins
2026-08-27 07:47:58 -05:00
parent 9deb34fa16
commit 3708a567cc
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@@ -59,10 +59,15 @@ jobs:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Start container
run: |
mkdir -p /tmp/frigate-config
mkdir -p /tmp/frigate-config /tmp/frigate-media
printf 'mqtt:\n enabled: false\ncameras: {}\n' > /tmp/frigate-config/config.yml
# simulate a root-era install: root-owned 0600 jwt secret pre-exists
docker run --rm -v /tmp/frigate-config:/config --entrypoint bash \
${{ steps.setup.outputs.image-name }}-amd64 \
-c "python3 -c 'import secrets; open(\"/config/.jwt_secret\",\"w\").write(secrets.token_hex(64))' && chmod 600 /config/.jwt_secret && chown 0:0 /config/.jwt_secret"
docker run -d --name frigate --shm-size 256m \
-v /tmp/frigate-config:/config \
-v /tmp/frigate-media:/media/frigate \
-p 5000:5000 -p 8971:8971 \
${{ steps.setup.outputs.image-name }}-amd64
- name: Wait for API
@@ -94,13 +99,66 @@ jobs:
docker exec frigate /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -t -c /tmp/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
docker exec frigate stat -c %a /etc/letsencrypt/live/frigate/privkey.pem | grep -qx 600
docker exec frigate stat -c %a /dev/shm/go2rtc.yaml | grep -qx 640
- name: Assert services run as non-root
run: |
ps_out=$(docker exec frigate ps -eo user=,comm=)
echo "$ps_out"
assert_nonroot() {
# the process must exist AND no instance of it may run as root
echo "$ps_out" | grep -qw "$1" || { echo "$1 is not running"; exit 1; }
if echo "$ps_out" | grep -w "$1" | grep -q '^root'; then
echo "$1 is running as root"; exit 1
fi
}
assert_nonroot python3
assert_nonroot go2rtc
assert_nonroot nginx
# root-era jwt secret must have been captured by the sweep and the
# auth stack must be functional: wrong creds => clean 401, not 500
docker exec frigate stat -c %u /config/.jwt_secret | grep -qx "$(docker exec frigate id -u frigate)"
code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/login \
-H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"user":"admin","password":"definitely-wrong"}')
[ "$code" = "401" ] || { echo "login endpoint returned $code"; exit 1; }
# runtime user can write recordings storage
docker exec frigate s6-setuidgid frigate touch /media/frigate/.write-probe
docker exec frigate rm /media/frigate/.write-probe
- name: Assert escape hatch restores root
run: |
mkdir -p /tmp/frigate-config-root
printf 'mqtt:\n enabled: false\ncameras: {}\n' > /tmp/frigate-config-root/config.yml
# pre-seed a sentinel: the assertion below is that the escape hatch
# DELETES it. Against a fresh dir the absence check passes vacuously
# and proves nothing about the rm -f in the prepare script.
echo "2:1000:1000" > /tmp/frigate-config-root/.permissions_version
docker run -d --name frigate-root --shm-size 256m \
-e FRIGATE_RUN_AS_ROOT=true \
-v /tmp/frigate-config-root:/config \
${{ steps.setup.outputs.image-name }}-amd64
up=0
for i in $(seq 1 60); do
docker exec frigate-root curl -fs http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/version && up=1 && break
sleep 5
done
if [ "$up" -ne 1 ]; then echo "escape hatch container never healthy"; docker logs frigate-root; exit 1; fi
ps_out=$(docker exec frigate-root ps -eo user=,comm=)
echo "$ps_out"
echo "$ps_out" | grep -w python3 | grep -q '^root'
echo "$ps_out" | grep -w go2rtc | grep -q '^root'
echo "$ps_out" | grep -w nginx | grep -q '^root'
# escape hatch must have DELETED the pre-seeded sentinel. written as
# an if because bash exempts a negated command from set -e
if docker exec frigate-root test -f /config/.permissions_version; then
echo "escape hatch did not delete the sweep sentinel"; exit 1
fi
docker rm -f frigate-root
- name: Assert PUID/PGID remapping
run: |
mkdir -p /tmp/frigate-config-puid
mkdir -p /tmp/frigate-config-puid /tmp/frigate-media-puid
printf 'mqtt:\n enabled: false\ncameras: {}\n' > /tmp/frigate-config-puid/config.yml
docker run -d --name frigate-puid --shm-size 256m \
-e PUID=1500 -e PGID=1500 \
-v /tmp/frigate-config-puid:/config \
-v /tmp/frigate-media-puid:/media/frigate \
${{ steps.setup.outputs.image-name }}-amd64
up=0
for i in $(seq 1 60); do