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Deploy Prowler CIS scanner (#310)
## Summary
- Deploy Prowler 5 as a weekly CronJob on minikube-indri for CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.11 scanning
- Custom slim container build (strips PowerShell, Trivy, and non-K8s providers from upstream)
- Reports (HTML, CSV, JSON-OCSF) written to NFS share on sifaka at `/volume1/reports/prowler/`
- Read-only ClusterRole for pod, RBAC, and control plane inspection
- Host path mounts + hostPID for kubelet file permission checks

## Follow-ups
- Mirror prowler-cloud/prowler on forge for supply chain control
- Build and push container image, update kustomization.yaml newTag
- Consider adding k3s-ringtail scanning (core + RBAC checks only)

## Test plan
- [ ] Build container: `mise run container-release prowler v5.22.0`
- [ ] Update `argocd/manifests/prowler/kustomization.yaml` newTag to built image tag
- [ ] Sync ArgoCD: `argocd app sync apps && argocd app set prowler --revision deploy-prowler && argocd app sync prowler`
- [ ] Trigger manual job: `kubectl create job --from=cronjob/prowler prowler-manual -n prowler --context=minikube-indri`
- [ ] Verify reports appear on sifaka NFS share
- [ ] `mise run services-check`

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Reviewed-on: #310
2026-03-24 16:08:09 -07:00

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---
title: Prowler
modified: 2026-03-24
last-reviewed: 2026-03-24
tags:
- service
- security
---
# Prowler
CIS Kubernetes Benchmark scanner for compliance posture reporting.
## Quick Reference
| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **Namespace** | `prowler` |
| **Image** | `registry.ops.eblu.me/blumeops/prowler` (see `argocd/manifests/prowler/kustomization.yaml` for current tag) |
| **Schedule** | Weekly (Sunday 3am) |
| **Reports** | `sifaka:/volume1/reports/prowler/` (NFS) |
| **Manifests** | `argocd/manifests/prowler/` |
## What it does
Runs Prowler 5 as a CronJob against minikube-indri, executing CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.11 checks across pod security, RBAC, apiserver, etcd, kubelet, controller-manager, and scheduler. Reports are written in HTML, CSV, and JSON-OCSF to the NFS share on sifaka.
## See also
- [[security]] — security & compliance posture overview
- [[deploy-prowler]] — deployment how-to, ad-hoc scan instructions, check relevance notes
- [[read-compliance-reports]] — how to access and interpret reports