Whizard Auditing

WizTelemetry Auditing

Overview

WizTelemetry Auditing is an extension component in the KubeSphere Observability Platform for Kubernetes and KubeSphere audit event collection, processing, and storage.

When to Use

• Installing or configuring the WizTelemetry Auditing extension
• Understanding audit event collection architecture
• Using the audit query API to query audit events

Components

| Component | Description | Default Enabled |

|-----------|-------------|-----------------|

| kube-auditing | Kubernetes audit event collection and export | true |

Dependencies

• WizTelemetry Platform Service (whizard-telemetry): Required
• WizTelemetry Data Pipeline (vector): Required

Installation

Prerequisites

REQUIRED: Complete all steps in order before generating InstallPlan.

Step 1: Get Available Clusters and Confirm Target

⚠️ CRITICAL: DO NOT proceed until target clusters are determined.

Step 1.1: Get available clusters

kubectl get clusters -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}'

Step 1.2: Determine target clusters

• If user explicitly specified target clusters in the request → Use those clusters directly, proceed to Step 2
• If user did NOT specify target clusters → Ask user to confirm which clusters to deploy to, then proceed to Step 2

Ask user (if not specified):

Available clusters: host, dev
Which clusters do you want to deploy WizTelemetry Auditing to?

Step 2: Get Latest Version (if not provided by user)

MUST do this to get the latest version:

kubectl get extensionversions -l kubesphere.io/extension-ref=whizard-auditing -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.spec.version}{"\n"}{end}' | sort -V | tail -1

This outputs the latest version (e.g., 1.4.0). Note this down - you'll use it in the InstallPlan.

Install WizTelemetry Auditing

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Complete prerequisite steps BEFORE this step.

Based on your selections:

• Target clusters: User-confirmed cluster names

⚠️ CRITICAL: InstallPlan metadata.name MUST be whizard-auditing. DO NOT use any other name.

⚠️ CRITICAL: config field is YAML format. You MUST:

• Use the config structure exactly as shown in the template
• DO NOT add configuration fields that are not shown in the template
• DO NOT modify the structure or hierarchy

⚠️ CRITICAL: All placeholders MUST be replaced with actual values. DO NOT leave them as placeholders.

Template

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-auditing
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-auditing
    version: <VERSION>  # From Step 2
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <TARGET_CLUSTERS>

Replace placeholders:

• <VERSION>: From Step 2 (e.g., 1.4.0)
• <TARGET_CLUSTERS>: User-confirmed cluster names

Note: OpenSearch sink configuration (endpoints, auth) is provided by the vector extension. Make sure vector is installed and configured with OpenSearch before installing auditing.

Enable Doris Sink

To enable Doris sink for audit storage:

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-auditing
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-auditing
    version: <VERSION>  # From Step 2
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  config: |
    kube-auditing:
      sinks:
        opensearch:
          enabled: true
          index:
            prefix: "{{ .cluster }}-auditing"
            timestring: "%Y.%m.%d"
        doris:
          enabled: true
          fe: <DORIS_FE>
          be: <DORIS_BE>
          table:
            partitionUnit: DAY
            retentionPartition: 7
            replicationNum: 2
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <TARGET_CLUSTERS>

Enable ISM Policy

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-auditing
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-auditing
    version: <VERSION>  # From Step 2
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  config: |
    kube-auditing:
      sinks:
        opensearch:
          enabled: true
          index:
            prefix: "{{ .cluster }}-auditing"
            timestring: "%Y.%m.%d"
      ism_policy:
        enable: true
        min_index_age: "7d"
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <TARGET_CLUSTERS>

Configuration Parameters

OpenSearch Sink Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |

|-----------|------|---------|-------------|

| kube-auditing.sinks.opensearch.enabled | bool | true | Enable OpenSearch sink |

| kube-auditing.sinks.opensearch.index.prefix | string | "{{ .cluster }}-auditing" | Index prefix |

| kube-auditing.sinks.opensearch.index.timestring | string | "%Y.%m.%d" | Index time format |

Doris Sink Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |

|-----------|------|---------|-------------|

| kube-auditing.sinks.doris.enabled | bool | false | Enable Doris sink |

| kube-auditing.sinks.doris.fe | string | "" | Doris Frontend address |

| kube-auditing.sinks.doris.be | string | "" | Doris Backend address |

| kube-auditing.sinks.doris.table.partitionUnit | string | DAY | Partition unit |

| kube-auditing.sinks.doris.table.retentionPartition | int | 7 | Retention partition |

| kube-auditing.sinks.doris.table.replicationNum | int | 2 | Replication number |

ISM Policy Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |

|-----------|------|---------|-------------|

| kube-auditing.ism_policy.enable | bool | false | Enable Index State Management policy |

| kube-auditing.ism_policy.min_index_age | string | "7d" | Minimum index retention period |

Audit Query API

Query Audit Events

curl -X GET "http://whizard-telemetry-apiserver.extension-whizard-telemetry.svc:80/kapis/logging.kubesphere.io/v1alpha2/auditing?operation=query&sort=desc&size=10&cluster=host" \
  -H "X-Remote-User: admin"

Query Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |

|-----------|------|---------|-------------|

| operation | string | query | Operation type: query/statistics/histogram/export |

| workspace_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of workspaces |

| workspace_search | string | | Fuzzy match workspace names |

| objectref_namespace_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of namespaces (ObjectRef.Namespace) |

| objectref_namespace_search | string | | Fuzzy match namespace names |

| objectref_name_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of object names |

| objectref_name_search | string | | Fuzzy match object names |

| level_filter | string | | Audit level: Metadata/Request/RequestResponse |

| verb_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of verbs (create, update, delete, etc.) |

| user_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of users |

| user_search | string | | Fuzzy match username |

| group_search | string | | Fuzzy match user groups |

| source_ip_search | string | | Fuzzy match source IPs |

| objectref_resource_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of resources |

| objectref_subresource_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of subresources |

| response_code_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of response codes |

| response_status_filter | string | | Comma-separated list of response statuses |

| start_time | string | | Start time (seconds since epoch) |

| end_time | string | | End time (seconds since epoch) |

| interval | string | 15m | Time interval for histogram |

| sort | string | desc | Sort order: asc/desc |

| from | int | 0 | Offset |

| size | int | 10 | Number of results |

| cluster | string | host | Cluster name |

Extension Operations

Check Extension Status

kubectl get installplan whizard-auditing
kubectl get extensionversions -l kubesphere.io/extension-ref=whizard-auditing

Uninstall Extension

Uninstall from all clusters:

kubectl delete installplan whizard-auditing

Uninstall from specific cluster:

To remove WizTelemetry Auditing from a specific cluster, update the InstallPlan by removing that cluster from clusterScheduling.placement.clusters:

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-auditing
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-auditing
    version: <VERSION>
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <REMAINING_CLUSTERS>  # Remove the cluster you want to uninstall from