This document contains the help content for the kwctl
command-line program.
Command Overview:
kwctl
↴kwctl annotate
↴kwctl bench
↴kwctl completions
↴kwctl digest
↴kwctl docs
↴kwctl info
↴kwctl inspect
↴kwctl load
↴kwctl policies
↴kwctl pull
↴kwctl push
↴kwctl rm
↴kwctl run
↴kwctl save
↴kwctl scaffold
↴kwctl scaffold admission-request
↴kwctl scaffold artifacthub
↴kwctl scaffold manifest
↴kwctl scaffold vap
↴kwctl scaffold verification-config
↴kwctl verify
↴
Tool to manage Kubewarden policies
Usage: kwctl [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
annotate
— Add Kubewarden metadata to a WebAssembly modulebench
— Benchmarks a Kubewarden policycompletions
— Generate shell completionsdigest
— Fetch digest from the OCI manifest of a policydocs
— Generates the markdown documentation for kwctl commandsinfo
— Display system informationinspect
— Inspect Kubewarden policyload
— load policies from a tar.gz filepolicies
— Lists all downloaded policiespull
— Pulls a Kubewarden policy from a given URIpush
— Pushes a Kubewarden policy to an OCI registryrm
— Removes a Kubewarden policy from the storerun
— Runs a Kubewarden policy from a given URIsave
— save policies to a tar.gz filescaffold
— Scaffold a Kubernetes resource or configuration fileverify
— Verify a Kubewarden policy from a given URI using Sigstore
-v
,--verbose <VERBOSE>
— Increase verbosity--no-color <NO-COLOR>
— Disable colorful output
Add Kubewarden metadata to a WebAssembly module
Usage: kwctl annotate [OPTIONS] --metadata-path <PATH> --output-path <PATH> <wasm-path>
<WASM-PATH>
— Path to WebAssembly module to be annotated
-m
,--metadata-path <PATH>
— File containing the metadata-o
,--output-path <PATH>
— Output file-u
,--usage-path <PATH>
— File containing the usage information of the policy
Benchmarks a Kubewarden policy
Usage: kwctl bench [OPTIONS] --request-path <PATH> <uri_or_sha_prefix>
<URI_OR_SHA_PREFIX>
— Policy URI or SHA prefix. Supported schemes: registry://, https://, file://. If schema is omitted, file:// is assumed, rooted on the current directory.
-
--allow-context-aware <ALLOW-CONTEXT-AWARE>
— Grant access to the Kubernetes resources defined inside of the policy'scontextAwareResources
section. Warning: review the list of resources carefully to avoid abuses. Disabled by default -
--cert-email <VALUE>
— Expected email in Fulcio certificate -
--cert-oidc-issuer <VALUE>
— Expected OIDC issuer in Fulcio certificates -
--disable-wasmtime-cache <DISABLE-WASMTIME-CACHE>
— Turn off usage of wasmtime cache -
--docker-config-json-path <PATH>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details -
--dump-results-to-disk <DUMP_RESULTS_TO_DISK>
— Puts results in target/tiny-bench/label/.. if target can be found. used for comparing previous runs -
-e
,--execution-mode <MODE>
— The runtime to use to execute this policyPossible values:
opa
,gatekeeper
,kubewarden
,wasi
-
--fulcio-cert-path <PATH>
— Path to the Fulcio certificate. Can be repeated multiple times -
--github-owner <VALUE>
— GitHub owner expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines -
--github-repo <VALUE>
— GitHub repository expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines -
--measurement-time <SECONDS>
— How long the bench ‘should’ run, num_samples is prioritized so benching will take longer to be able to collect num_samples if the code to be benched is slower than this time limit allowed -
--num-resamples <NUM>
— How many resamples should be done -
--num-samples <NUM>
— How many resamples should be done. Recommended at least 50, above 100 doesn’t seem to yield a significantly different result -
--raw <RAW>
— Validate a raw requestDefault value:
false
-
--record-host-capabilities-interactions <FILE>
— Record all the policy and host capabilities communications to the given file. Useful to be combined later with '--replay-host-capabilities-interactions' flag -
--rekor-public-key-path <PATH>
— Path to the Rekor public key -
--replay-host-capabilities-interactions <FILE>
— During policy and host capabilities exchanges the host replays back the answers found inside of the provided file. This is useful to test policies in a reproducible way, given no external interactions with OCI registries, DNS, Kubernetes are performed. -
-r
,--request-path <PATH>
— File containing the Kubernetes admission request object in JSON format -
--settings-json <VALUE>
— JSON string containing the settings for this policy -
-s
,--settings-path <PATH>
— File containing the settings for this policy -
--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...) -
-a
,--verification-annotation <KEY=VALUE>
— Annotation in key=value format. Can be repeated multiple times -
--verification-config-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding verification config information (signatures, public keys...) -
-k
,--verification-key <PATH>
— Path to key used to verify the policy. Can be repeated multiple times -
--warm-up-time <SECONDS>
— How long the bench should warm up
Generate shell completions
Usage: kwctl completions --shell <VALUE>
-
-s
,--shell <VALUE>
— Shell typePossible values:
bash
,elvish
,fish
,powershell
,zsh
Fetch digest from the OCI manifest of a policy
Usage: kwctl digest [OPTIONS] <uri>
<URI>
— Policy URI
--docker-config-json-path <PATH>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...)
Generates the markdown documentation for kwctl commands
Usage: kwctl docs --output <FILE>
-o
,--output <FILE>
— path where the documentation file will be stored
Display system information
Usage: kwctl info
Inspect Kubewarden policy
Usage: kwctl inspect [OPTIONS] <uri_or_sha_prefix>
<URI_OR_SHA_PREFIX>
— Policy URI or SHA prefix. Supported schemes: registry://, https://, file://. If schema is omitted, file:// is assumed, rooted on the current directory.
-
--docker-config-json-path <PATH>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details -
-o
,--output <FORMAT>
— Output formatPossible values:
yaml
-
--show-signatures <SHOW-SIGNATURES>
— Show sigstore signatures -
--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...)
load policies from a tar.gz file
Usage: kwctl load --input <input>
--input <INPUT>
— load policies from tarball
Lists all downloaded policies
Usage: kwctl policies
Pulls a Kubewarden policy from a given URI
Usage: kwctl pull [OPTIONS] <uri>
<URI>
— Policy URI. Supported schemes: registry://, https://, file://
--cert-email <VALUE>
— Expected email in Fulcio certificate--cert-oidc-issuer <VALUE>
— Expected OIDC issuer in Fulcio certificates--docker-config-json-path <DOCKER_CONFIG>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details--fulcio-cert-path <PATH>
— Path to the Fulcio certificate. Can be repeated multiple times--github-owner <VALUE>
— GitHub owner expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines--github-repo <VALUE>
— GitHub repository expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines-o
,--output-path <PATH>
— Output file. If not provided will be downloaded to the Kubewarden store--rekor-public-key-path <PATH>
— Path to the Rekor public key. Can be repeated multiple times--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...)-a
,--verification-annotation <KEY=VALUE>
— Annotation in key=value format. Can be repeated multiple times--verification-config-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding verification config information (signatures, public keys...)-k
,--verification-key <PATH>
— Path to key used to verify the policy. Can be repeated multiple times
Pushes a Kubewarden policy to an OCI registry
Usage: kwctl push [OPTIONS] <policy> <uri>
<POLICY>
— Policy to push. Can be the path to a local file, a policy URI or the SHA prefix of a policy in the store.<URI>
— Policy URI. Supported schemes: registry://
-
--docker-config-json-path <PATH>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details -
-f
,--force <FORCE>
— Push also a policy that is not annotated -
-o
,--output <PATH>
— Output formatDefault value:
text
Possible values:
text
,json
-
--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...)
Removes a Kubewarden policy from the store
Usage: kwctl rm <uri_or_sha_prefix>
<URI_OR_SHA_PREFIX>
— Policy URI or SHA prefix
Runs a Kubewarden policy from a given URI
Usage: kwctl run [OPTIONS] --request-path <PATH> <uri_or_sha_prefix>
<URI_OR_SHA_PREFIX>
— Policy URI or SHA prefix. Supported schemes: registry://, https://, file://. If schema is omitted, file:// is assumed, rooted on the current directory.
-
--allow-context-aware <ALLOW-CONTEXT-AWARE>
— Grant access to the Kubernetes resources defined inside of the policy'scontextAwareResources
section. Warning: review the list of resources carefully to avoid abuses. Disabled by default -
--cert-email <VALUE>
— Expected email in Fulcio certificate -
--cert-oidc-issuer <VALUE>
— Expected OIDC issuer in Fulcio certificates -
--disable-wasmtime-cache <DISABLE-WASMTIME-CACHE>
— Turn off usage of wasmtime cache -
--docker-config-json-path <PATH>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details -
-e
,--execution-mode <MODE>
— The runtime to use to execute this policyPossible values:
opa
,gatekeeper
,kubewarden
,wasi
-
--fulcio-cert-path <PATH>
— Path to the Fulcio certificate. Can be repeated multiple times -
--github-owner <VALUE>
— GitHub owner expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines -
--github-repo <VALUE>
— GitHub repository expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines -
--raw <RAW>
— Validate a raw requestDefault value:
false
-
--record-host-capabilities-interactions <FILE>
— Record all the policy and host capabilities communications to the given file. Useful to be combined later with '--replay-host-capabilities-interactions' flag -
--rekor-public-key-path <PATH>
— Path to the Rekor public key -
--replay-host-capabilities-interactions <FILE>
— During policy and host capabilities exchanges the host replays back the answers found inside of the provided file. This is useful to test policies in a reproducible way, given no external interactions with OCI registries, DNS, Kubernetes are performed. -
-r
,--request-path <PATH>
— File containing the Kubernetes admission request object in JSON format -
--settings-json <VALUE>
— JSON string containing the settings for this policy -
-s
,--settings-path <PATH>
— File containing the settings for this policy -
--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...) -
-a
,--verification-annotation <KEY=VALUE>
— Annotation in key=value format. Can be repeated multiple times -
--verification-config-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding verification config information (signatures, public keys...) -
-k
,--verification-key <PATH>
— Path to key used to verify the policy. Can be repeated multiple times
save policies to a tar.gz file
Usage: kwctl save --output <FILE> <policies>...
<POLICIES>
— list of policies to save
-o
,--output <FILE>
— path where the file will be stored
Scaffold a Kubernetes resource or configuration file
Usage: kwctl scaffold <COMMAND>
admission-request
— Scaffold an AdmissionRequest objectartifacthub
— Output an artifacthub-pkg.yml file from a metadata.yml filemanifest
— Output a Kubernetes resource manifestvap
— Convert a KubernetesValidatingAdmissionPolicy
into a KubewardenClusterAdmissionPolicy
verification-config
— Output a default Sigstore verification configuration file
Scaffold an AdmissionRequest object
Usage: kwctl scaffold admission-request [OPTIONS] --operation <TYPE>
-
--object <PATH>
— The file containing the new object being admitted -
--old-object <PATH>
— The file containing the existing object -
-o
,--operation <TYPE>
— Kubewarden Custom Resource typePossible values:
CREATE
Output an artifacthub-pkg.yml file from a metadata.yml file
Usage: kwctl scaffold artifacthub [OPTIONS] --metadata-path <PATH> --version <VALUE>
-m
,--metadata-path <PATH>
— File containing the metadata of the policy-o
,--output <FILE>
— Path where the artifact-pkg.yml file will be stored-q
,--questions-path <PATH>
— File containing the questions-ui content of the policy-v
,--version <VALUE>
— Semver version of the policy
Output a Kubernetes resource manifest
Usage: kwctl scaffold manifest [OPTIONS] --type <VALUE> <uri_or_sha_prefix>
<URI_OR_SHA_PREFIX>
— Policy URI or SHA prefix. Supported schemes: registry://, https://, file://. If schema is omitted, file:// is assumed, rooted on the current directory.
-
--allow-context-aware <ALLOW-CONTEXT-AWARE>
— Uses the policy metadata to define which Kubernetes resources can be accessed by the policy. Warning: review the list of resources carefully to avoid abuses. Disabled by default -
--cert-email <VALUE>
— Expected email in Fulcio certificate -
--cert-oidc-issuer <VALUE>
— Expected OIDC issuer in Fulcio certificates -
--docker-config-json-path <DOCKER_CONFIG>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details -
--fulcio-cert-path <PATH>
— Path to the Fulcio certificate. Can be repeated multiple times -
--github-owner <VALUE>
— GitHub owner expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines -
--github-repo <VALUE>
— GitHub repository expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines -
--rekor-public-key-path <PATH>
— Path to the Rekor public key. Can be repeated multiple times -
--settings-json <VALUE>
— JSON string containing the settings for this policy -
-s
,--settings-path <PATH>
— File containing the settings for this policy -
--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...) -
--title <VALUE>
— Policy title -
-t
,--type <VALUE>
— Kubewarden Custom Resource typePossible values:
ClusterAdmissionPolicy
,AdmissionPolicy
-
-a
,--verification-annotation <KEY=VALUE>
— Annotation in key=value format. Can be repeated multiple times -
--verification-config-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding verification config information (signatures, public keys...) -
-k
,--verification-key <PATH>
— Path to key used to verify the policy. Can be repeated multiple times
Convert a Kubernetes ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
into a Kubewarden ClusterAdmissionPolicy
Usage: kwctl scaffold vap [OPTIONS] --binding <VALIDATING-ADMISSION-POLICY-BINDING.yaml> --policy <VALIDATING-ADMISSION-POLICY.yaml>
-
-b
,--binding <VALIDATING-ADMISSION-POLICY-BINDING.yaml>
— The file containining the ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding definition -
--cel-policy <URI>
— The CEL policy module to useDefault value:
ghcr.io/kubewarden/policies/cel-policy:latest
-
-p
,--policy <VALIDATING-ADMISSION-POLICY.yaml>
— The file containining the ValidatingAdmissionPolicy definition
Output a default Sigstore verification configuration file
Usage: kwctl scaffold verification-config
Verify a Kubewarden policy from a given URI using Sigstore
Usage: kwctl verify [OPTIONS] <uri>
<URI>
— Policy URI. Supported schemes: registry://
--cert-email <VALUE>
— Expected email in Fulcio certificate--cert-oidc-issuer <VALUE>
— Expected OIDC issuer in Fulcio certificates--docker-config-json-path <PATH>
— Path to a directory containing the Docker 'config.json' file. Can be used to indicate registry authentication details--fulcio-cert-path <PATH>
— Path to the Fulcio certificate. Can be repeated multiple times--github-owner <VALUE>
— GitHub owner expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines--github-repo <VALUE>
— GitHub repository expected in the certificates generated in CD pipelines--rekor-public-key-path <PATH>
— Path to the Rekor public key--sources-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding source information (https, registry insecure hosts, custom CA's...)-a
,--verification-annotation <KEY=VALUE>
— Annotation in key=value format. Can be repeated multiple times--verification-config-path <PATH>
— YAML file holding verification config information (signatures, public keys...)-k
,--verification-key <PATH>
— Path to key used to verify the policy. Can be repeated multiple times
This document was generated automatically by
clap-markdown
.