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Running Docker Envoy‑based image

Image overview

These instructions describe the steps to run the Wallarm Docker image based on Envoy 1.18.4. The image contains all systems required for correct Wallarm node operation:

  • Envoy proxy services with embedded Wallarm API Security module

  • Tarantool modules for postanalytics

  • Other services and scripts

Wallarm API Security module is designed as an Envoy HTTP filter for requests proxying.

Supported configuration parameters

Please note that the most directives for the NGINX‑based filtering node configuration are not supported for the Envoy‑based filtering node configuration. See the list of parameters available for the Envoy‑based filtering node configuration →

If the Wallarm filtering node image is already deployed in your environment

If you deploy the Wallarm filtering node image instead of the already deployed image or need to duplicate the deployment, please keep the same node version as currently used or update the version of all images to the latest.

To check the installed version, run the following command in the container:

yum list wallarm-node

More information about Wallarm node versioning is available in the Wallarm node versioning policy.

Requirements

  • Access to the account with the Deploy or Administrator role and two‑factor authentication disabled in the Wallarm Console in the EU Cloud or US Cloud

  • Access to https://api.wallarm.com:444 if working with EU Wallarm Cloud or https://us1.api.wallarm.com:444 if working with US Wallarm Cloud. Please ensure the access is not blocked by a firewall

Options for running the container

The filtering node configuration parameters can be passed to the docker run command in the following ways:

  • In the environment variables. This option allows for configuration of only basic filtering node parameters, the most parameters cannot be changed through environment variables.

  • In the mounted configuration file. This option allows for configuration of all the filtering node parameters.

Run the container passing the environment variables

You can pass the following basic filtering node settings to the container via the option -e:

Environment variable Description Required
DEPLOY_USER Email to the Deploy or Administrator user account in the Wallarm Console. Yes
DEPLOY_PASSWORD Password to the Deploy or Administrator user account in the Wallarm Console. Yes
ENVOY_BACKEND Domain or IP address of the resource to protect with Wallarm API Security. Yes
WALLARM_API_HOST Wallarm API server:
  • api.wallarm.com for the EU Cloud
  • us1.api.wallarm.com for the US Cloud
By default: api.wallarm.com.		 No
WALLARM_MODE Node mode:
  • block to block malicious requests
  • safe_blocking to block only those malicious requests originated from greylisted IP addresses
  • monitoring to analyze but not block requests
  • off to disable traffic analyzing and processing
By default: monitoring.
Detailed description of filtration modes →		 No
TARANTOOL_MEMORY_GB Amount of memory allocated to Tarantool. The value can be an integer or a float (a dot . is a decimal separator). By default: 0.2 gygabytes. No
DEPLOY_FORCE Replaces an existing Wallarm node with a new one if an existing Wallarm node name matches the identifier of the container you are running. The following values can be assigned to a variable:
  • true to replace the filtering node
  • false to disable the replacement of the filtering node
Default value (if the variable is not passed to the container) is false.
The Wallarm node name always matches the identifier of the container you are running. Filtering node replacement is helpful if the Docker container identifiers in your environment are static and you are trying to run another Docker container with the filtering node (for example, a container with a new version of the image). If in this case the variable value is false, the filtering node creation process will fail.		 No

To run the image, use the command:

docker run -d -e DEPLOY_USER='deploy@example.com' -e DEPLOY_PASSWORD='very_secret' -e ENVOY_BACKEND='example.com' -p 80:80 wallarm/envoy:3.4.0-1

docker run -d -e DEPLOY_USER='deploy@example.com' -e DEPLOY_PASSWORD='very_secret' -e ENVOY_BACKEND='example.com' -e WALLARM_API_HOST='us1.api.wallarm.com' -p 80:80 wallarm/envoy:3.4.0-1

The command does the following:

  • Automatically creates new filtering node in the Wallarm Cloud. Created filtering node will be displayed in the Wallarm Console → Nodes.

  • Creates the file envoy.yaml with minimal Envoy configuration in the /etc/envoy container directory.

  • Creates files with filtering node credentials to access the Wallarm Cloud in the /etc/wallarm container directory:

    • node.yaml with filtering node UUID and secret key
    • license.key with Wallarm license key

  • Protects the resource http://ENVOY_BACKEND:80.

Run the container mounting envoy.yaml

You can mount the prepared file envoy.yaml to the Docker container via the -v option. The file must contain the following settings:

To run the image:

  1. Pass required environment variables to the container via the -e option:

    Environment variable Description Required
    DEPLOY_USER Email to the Deploy or Administrator user account in the Wallarm Console. Yes
    DEPLOY_PASSWORD Password to the Deploy or Administrator user account in the Wallarm Console. Yes
    WALLARM_API_HOST Wallarm API server:
    • api.wallarm.com for the EU Cloud
    • us1.api.wallarm.com for the US Cloud
    By default: api.wallarm.com.    		 No
    DEPLOY_FORCE Replaces an existing Wallarm node with a new one if an existing Wallarm node name matches the identifier of the container you are running. The following values can be assigned to a variable:
    • true to replace the filtering node
    • false to disable the replacement of the filtering node
    Default value (if the variable is not passed to the container) is false.
    The Wallarm node name always matches the identifier of the container you are running. Filtering node replacement is helpful if the Docker container identifiers in your environment are static and you are trying to run another Docker container with the filtering node (for example, a container with a new version of the image). If in this case the variable value is false, the filtering node creation process will fail.    		 No

  2. Mount the directory with the configuration file envoy.yaml to the /etc/envoy container directory via the -v option.

    docker run -d -e DEPLOY_USER='deploy@example.com' -e DEPLOY_PASSWORD='very_secret' -v /configs/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml -p 80:80 wallarm/envoy:3.4.0-1

    docker run -d -e DEPLOY_USER='deploy@example.com' -e DEPLOY_PASSWORD='very_secret' -e WALLARM_API_HOST='us1.api.wallarm.com' -v /configs/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml -p 80:80 wallarm/envoy:3.4.0-1

The command does the following:

  • Automatically creates new filtering node in the Wallarm Cloud. Created filtering node will be displayed in the Wallarm Console → Nodes.

  • Mounts the file envoy.yaml into the /etc/envoy container directory.

  • Creates files with filtering node credentials to access the Wallarm Cloud in the /etc/wallarm container directory:

    • node.yaml with filtering node UUID and secret key
    • license.key with Wallarm license key

  • Protects the resource http://ENVOY_BACKEND:80.

Configuration of log rotation (optional)

The log file rotation is preconfigured and enabled by default. You can adjust the rotation settings if necessary. These settings are located in the /etc/logrotate.d directory of the container.

Testing Wallarm node operation

  1. Send the request with test SQLI and XSS attacks to the protected resource address:

    curl http://localhost/?id='or+1=1--a-<script>prompt(1)</script>'

  2. Open the Wallarm Console → Events section in the EU Cloud or US Cloud and ensure attacks are displayed in the list.

    Attacks in the interface