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+# Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security Machine to machine authentication Task
+
+Exchanges a service account token against a short-lived RHACS authorization
+token to configure a pipeline run using `roxctl`.
+
+**Note: this Task requires a 4.4.2 roxctl image (task default) or a more recent
+image version.**
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+This task requires an active installation of [Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (RHACS)](https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/advanced-cluster-security-for-kubernetes-datasheet)
+or [StackRox](https://www.stackrox.io).  It also requires configuration of a
+machine-to-machine integration.
+
+<https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/advanced-cluster-security-kubernetes>
+
+## Install the Task
+
+```bash
+kubectl apply -f https://api.hub.tekton.dev/v1/resource/tekton/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/raw
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+- **`rox_central_endpoint`**: The address:port tuple for StackRox Central.
+Default: **central.stackrox.svc:443**
+- **`insecure-skip-tls-verify`**: Skip verification the TLS certs of the Central
+endpoint and registry. Examples: _"true", **"false"**_.
+- **`rox_config_dir`**: Path to the roxctl config directory within the
+`roxctl-config` workspace (if machine to machine authentication is used). The
+path must be prefixed with `/roxctl-config`.
+Examples: _"/roxctl-config", **""**_.
+- `rox_image`: The image providing the roxctl tool (optional).
+Default: quay.io/stackrox-io/roxctl:4.4.2
+(this is also the minimum version working with this task). 
+- `output_file`: path to a file where to redirect roxctl standard output.
+Default: "" (redirects to stdout).
+- `error_file`: path to a file where to redirect roxctl standard error.
+Default: "" (redirects to stderr).
+
+## Workspaces
+
+- **roxctl-config**: A [Workspace](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/docs/workspaces.md)
+in which to write the configuration for roxctl.
+
+## Usage
+
+
+Check the [documentation](https://docs.openshift.com/acs/operating/manage-user-access/configure-short-lived-access.html#configure-short-lived-access_configure-short-lived-access)
+to configure the trust with the OIDC token issuer. This
+[example](samples/configure-m2m.md) describes a possible RHACS
+machine-to-machine integration configuration.
+
+This task performs the token exchange itself.
+
+**Example task use:**
+
+The task configuration in that case must provide the `roxctl-config` workspace
+and the `rox_config_dir` parameter with values pointing at the location where
+the roxctl configuration will be written.
+
+```yaml
+  tasks:
+    - name: authenticate-to-rhacs
+      taskRef:
+        name: rhacs-m2m-authenticate
+        kind: Task
+      workspaces:
+      - name: roxctl-config
+        workspace: shared-workspace
+      params:
+      - name: rox_central_endpoint
+        value: central.stackrox.svc:443
+      - name: rox_config_dir
+        value: /roxctl-config
+      runAfter:
+      - fetch-repository
+```
+
+**Samples:**
+
+* [pipeline.yaml](samples/pipeline.yaml) demonstrates use in a pipeline.
+* [pipelinerun.yaml](samples/pipelinerun.yaml) demonstrates use in a pipelinerun.
+
+# Known Issues
+
+* Skipping TLS Verify is currently required.
diff --git a/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/rhacs-m2m-authenticate.yaml b/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/rhacs-m2m-authenticate.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1
+kind: Task
+metadata:
+  name: rhacs-m2m-exchange
+  labels:
+    apps.kubernetes.io/version: "0.1"
+  annotations:
+    tekton.dev/tags: security
+    tekton.dev/categories: Security
+    tekton.dev/displayName: "Exchange a service account token for a Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security short-lived token"
+    tekton.dev/platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le,linux/s390x,darwin/amd64,darwin/arm64,windows/amd64"
+    tekton.dev/pipelines.minVersion: "0.50.0"
+spec:
+  description: >-
+    Exchanges a kubernetes service account token against a Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security short-lived token.
+  workspaces:
+    - name: roxctl-config
+      description: |
+        A workspace containing the configuration for roxctl.
+        The task will update the access config for the target central with a short-lived token obtained from the remote central.
+      mountPath: /roxctl-config
+  params:
+    - name: rox_image
+      description: Image providing the roxctl tool.
+      default: 'quay.io/stackrox-io/roxctl:4.4.2'
+    - name: rox_central_endpoint
+      description: The address:port tuple for RHACS Stackrox Central.
+      type: string
+      default: central.stackrox.svc:443
+    - name: insecure-skip-tls-verify
+      description: |
+        Do not verify TLS certificates.
+
+        When set to "true", skip verifying the TLS certs of the Central endpoint.
+      type: string
+      default: "false"
+    - name: rox_config_dir
+      type: string
+      description: |
+        Path to the roxtl config directory within the roxctl-config workspace.
+        The path must be prefixed with "/roxctl-config".
+      default: ""
+    - name: output_file
+      type: string
+      description: |
+        Path to a file where to write the roxctl standard output stream.
+        If empty, the output stream goes to the container standard output.
+      default: ""
+    - name: error_file
+      type: string
+      description: |
+        Path to a file where to write the roxctl standard error stream.
+        If empty, the error stream goes to the container standard error.
+      default: ""
+  stepTemplate:
+    env:
+      - name: INSECURE
+        value: $(params.insecure-skip-tls-verify)
+      - name: ROX_ENDPOINT
+        value: $(params.rox_central_endpoint)
+      - name: ROX_CONFIG_DIR
+        value: $(params.rox_config_dir)
+      - name: ROX_EXECUTION_ENV
+        value: Tekton
+      - name: ROX_OUTPUT_FILE
+        value: $(params.output_file)
+      - name: ROX_ERROR_FILE
+        value: $(params.error_file)
+  steps:
+    - name: exchange-service-account-token
+      image: $(params.rox_image)
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: token-vol
+          mountPath: /service-account-token
+      args:
+        - central
+        - m2m
+        - exchange
+        - --insecure-skip-tls-verify=$(INSECURE)
+        - --token-file=/service-account-token/token
+  volumes:
+    - name: token-vol
+      projected:
+        sources:
+          - serviceAccountToken:
+              audience: rhacs
+              path: token
+              expirationSeconds: 3600
diff --git a/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/samples/configure-m2m.md b/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/samples/configure-m2m.md
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+## Configure RHACS Central to trust the OIDC ID tokens
+
+The first step is to configure RHACS to trust tokens issued by the OIDC provider
+and mapping claims to specific roles within Central.
+
+Here is a sample configuration for a GCP cluster:
+
+```
+curl -u "admin:<password>" https://<CENTRAL-ENDPOINT>/v1/auth/m2m -d @- << EOF
+{
+  "config": {
+    "type": "GENERIC",
+    "tokenExpirationDuration": "5m",
+    "mappings": [
+      {
+        "key": "sub",
+        "valueExpression": "system:serviceaccount:default:build-bot",
+        "role": "Continuous integration"
+      }
+    ]
+    "issuer": "https://storage.googleapis.com/rhacs-tekton-task-demo-oidc"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+```
+
+In the above example, the `build-bot` service account in the `default` namespace
+of the `rhacs-tekton-task-demo` cluster is granted the `Continuous Integration`
+role. The tokens issued by Central for this service account are valid for 5
+minutes.
+
+Looking in deeper details at the fields of this configuration:
+- `"type": "GENERIC"` : The configuration type is for a generic OIDC provider.
+- `"issuer": "https://storage.googleapis.com/rhacs-tekton-task-demo-oidc"` : The
+configuration will issue short lived tokens for OIDC tokens issued by
+"https://storage.googleapis.com/rhacs-tekton-task-demo-oidc".
+- `"tokenExpirationDuration": "5m"` : The issued tokens will be valid for a
+duration of 5 minutes.
+- each entry in the `"mappings"` section is a matching rule applied to the
+presented OIDC token, mapping token claim key-value pairs with RHACS roles.
+Here, when the ID token received by Central has
+`system:serviceaccount:default:build-bot` as subject, the issued token will have
+the `Continuous Integration` role.
+
+The `mappings` section can do more advanced JWT token field to RHACS role
+mapping. See the [documentation](https://docs.openshift.com/acs/4.4/operating/manage-user-access/configure-short-lived-access.html#configure-short-lived-access_configure-short-lived-access)
+for more details.
diff --git a/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/samples/pipeline.yaml b/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/samples/pipeline.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Pipeline
+metadata:
+  name: rox-pipeline
+spec:
+
+  workspaces:
+    - name: shared-workspace
+
+  params:
+    - name: deployment-name
+      type: string
+      description: name of the deployment resource to be patched
+    - name: deployment
+      type: string
+      description: filename of the deployment to be patched
+    - name: git-url
+      type: string
+      description: url of the git repo for the code of deployment
+    - name: git-revision
+      type: string
+      description: revision to be used from repo of the code for deployment
+      default: main
+    - name: IMAGE
+      type: string
+      description: image to be build from the code
+    - name: rox_central_endoint
+      type: string
+      description: The address:port tuple for RHACS Stackrox Central.
+      default: central.stackrox.svc:443
+    - name: rox_config_dir
+      type: string
+      description: The path to the roxctl configuration directory
+      default: /roxctl-config
+    - name: rox_image
+      type: string
+      description: The Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security container image
+      default: quay.io/stackrox-io/roxctl:4.4.2
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: rhacs-authenticate
+      taskRef:
+        name: rhacs-m2m-exchange
+        kind: Task
+      params:
+        - name: insecure-skip-tls-verify
+          value: "true"
+        - name: rox_config_dir
+          value: $(params.rox_config_dir)
+      workspaces:
+        - name: roxctl-config
+          workspace: shared-workspace
+
+    # checkout source code
+    - name: fetch-repository
+      taskRef:
+        name: git-clone
+        kind: ClusterTask
+      workspaces:
+      - name: output
+        workspace: shared-workspace
+      params:
+      - name: url
+        value: $(params.git-url)
+      - name: subdirectory
+        value: ""
+      - name: deleteExisting
+        value: "true"
+      - name: revision
+        value: $(params.git-revision)
+      runAfter:
+      - rhacs-authenticate
+
+    # validate deployment against defined  RHACS policies
+    - name: police-deployment
+      taskRef:
+        name: rhacs-deployment-check
+        kind: Task
+      workspaces:
+      - name: source
+        workspace: shared-workspace
+      - name: roxctl-config
+        workspace: shared-workspace
+      params:
+      - name: deployment
+        value: $(params.deployment)
+      - name: insecure-skip-tls-verify
+        value: "true"
+      - name: rox_config_dir
+        value: $(params.rox_config_dir)
+      - name: rox_image
+        value: $(params.rox_image)
+      runAfter:
+      - fetch-repository
+
+    - name: build-image
+      taskRef:
+        name: buildah
+        kind: ClusterTask
+      params:
+      - name: IMAGE
+        value: $(params.IMAGE)
+      - name: TLSVERIFY
+        value: "false"
+      workspaces:
+      - name: source
+        workspace: shared-workspace
+      runAfter:
+      - fetch-repository
+
+    # scan image for vulns using RHACS
+    - name: scan-image
+      taskRef:
+        name: rhacs-image-scan
+        kind: Task
+      workspaces:
+      - name: roxctl-config
+        workspace: shared-workspace
+      params:
+      - name: image
+        value: "$(params.IMAGE)@$(tasks.build-image.results.IMAGE_DIGEST)"
+      - name: insecure-skip-tls-verify
+        value: "true" # stackrox to OCP image registry x509 fail...
+      - name: rox_config_dir
+        value: $(params.rox_config_dir)
+      - name: rox_image
+        value: $(params.rox_image)
+      runAfter:
+      - build-image
+
+    # validate image against RHACS policies
+    - name: police-image
+      taskRef:
+        name: rhacs-image-check
+        kind: Task
+      workspaces:
+      - name: roxctl-config
+        workspace: shared-workspace
+      params:
+      - name: image
+        value: "$(params.IMAGE)@$(tasks.build-image.results.IMAGE_DIGEST)"
+      - name: insecure-skip-tls-verify
+        value: "true"
+      - name: rox_config_dir
+        value: $(params.rox_config_dir)
+      - name: rox_image
+        value: $(params.rox_image)
+      runAfter:
+      - scan-image
diff --git a/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/samples/pipelinerun.yaml b/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/0.1/samples/pipelinerun.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
+kind: PipelineRun
+metadata:
+  name: rox-pipelinerun
+spec:
+  pipelineRef:
+    name: rox-pipeline
+  params:
+  - name: deployment-name
+    value: pipelines-vote-api
+  - name: deployment
+    value: k8s/deployment.yaml
+  - name: git-url
+    value: https://github.com/openshift/pipelines-vote-api.git
+  - name: git-revision
+    value: pipelines-1.7
+  - name: IMAGE
+    value: image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/$(context.pipelineRun.namespace)/pipelines-vote-ui
+  - name: insecure-skip-tls-verify
+    value: "true"
+  workspaces:
+  - name: shared-workspace
+    volumeClaimTemplate:
+      spec:
+        accessModes:
+          - ReadWriteOnce
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: 500Mi
diff --git a/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/OWNERS b/task/rhacs-m2m-authenticate/OWNERS
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+approvers:
+- dhaus67
+- rhybrillou
+reviewers:
+- dhaus67
+- rhybrillou