Aqua Security (Server)

Aqua Security (Server) is an on-premises container security tool that provides workload protection and security for containers, Kubernetes, and serverless applications. You can bring container, host, and security data from Aqua into Brinqa to construct a unified view of your attack surface, thus strengthening your cybersecurity posture.

This document details the information you must provide for the connector to authenticate with Aqua Server and how to obtain that information from Aqua. See create a data integration for step-by-step instructions on setting up the integration.

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The Aqua Server connector differs from the Aqua SaaS connector only in its authentication method. Instead of an API key and API secret, the Aqua Server connector uses a username and password. The underlying APIs, data retrieved, operation options, and data mappings remain the same as the Aqua SaaS connector.

Required connection settings

When setting up a data integration, select Aqua Server from the Connector drop-down. If you cannot find the connector in the drop-down, make sure you have installed it first. You must provide the following information to authenticate Aqua with Brinqa:

• Server URL: The API Server URL. The default URL format is http://<server_name>.net:8080.

• Username and Password: The username and password associated with the Aqua user, which must have permissions to log in to the API server and return data.

  Aqua role and permissions

  The Auditor role is a read-only role and is considered to be the minimum role needed to read and retrieve data from the Aqua API. For additional information, see Aqua Platform documentation on creating users and roles and permissions.

Additional settings

The Aqua Server connector contains additional options for specific configuration:

• Page size: The maximum number of records to get per API request. The default setting is 100. It is not recommended to go over 100.

• Parallel requests: The maximum number of parallel API requests. The default setting is 4.

• Skip certificate verification: Select this option to allow for untrusted certificates.

Types of data to retrieve

The Aqua Server connector can retrieve the following types of data from the Aqua API:

Table 1: Data retrieved from Aqua

Connector Object	Required	Maps to Data Model
Container	Yes	Container
Container Image	Yes	Container Image
Host	Yes	Host
Vulnerability	Yes	Vulnerability
Vulnerability Definition	Yes	Vulnerability Definition

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For detailed steps on how to view the data retrieved from Aqua in the Brinqa Platform, see How to view your data.

Operation options

The Aqua Server connector supports the following operation options. See connector operation options for information about how to apply them.

Table 2: Aqua connector operation options

Connector Object	Option	All Possible values	Description	Example
Container	name	Any container name	Retrieves only containers with the specified name.	Key: name Value: kubernetes. This key and value combination only retrieves containers named kubernetes.
	registry	Any container registry	Retrieves only containers from the specified registry.	Key: registry Value: docker. This key and value combination only retrieves containers from the docker registry.
	repository	Any container repository	Retrieves only containers from the specified repository.	Key: repository Value: angular-spring. This key and value combination only retrieves containers form the angular-spring repository.
Container Image	name	Any container image name	Retrieves only container images with the specified name.	Key: name Value: alpine/openssl:latest. This key and value combination only retrieves container images named alpine/openssl:latest.
	registry	Any container image registry	Retrieves only container images from the specified registry.	Key: registry Value: docker hub. This key and value combination only retrieves container images from the docker hub registry.
	repository	Any container image repository	Retrieves only container images from the specified repository.	Key: repository Value: angular-spring. The key and value combination only retrieves container images from the angular-spring repository.
Host	name	Any host name	Retrieves only hosts with the specified name.	Key: name Value: webserver01. This key and value combination only retrieves hosts names webserver01.
	registry	Any host registry	Retrieves only hosts from the specified registry.	Key registry Value: docker. This key and value combination only retrieves hosts from the docker registry.
	repository	Any host repository	Retrieves only hosts from the specified repository.	Key: repository Value: alpine/openssl. This key and value combination only retrieves hosts from the alpine/openssl repository.
Vulnerability	name	Any container image name	Retrieves only vulnerabilities from the specified container image name.	Key: name Value: docker.io. This key and value combination only retrieves vulnerabilities associated with docker.io container image.
	registry	Any container image registry	Retrieves only vulnerabilities from the specified container image registry.	Key: registry Value: harbor. This key and value combination only retrieves vulnerabilities from the harbor container image registry.
	repository	Any container image repository.	Retrieves only vulnerabilities from the specified container image repository.	Key: repository Value: alpine. This key and value combination only retrieves vulnerabilities from the alpine container image repository.

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The option keys and values are case-sensitive as they are shown in this documentation.

APIs

The Aqua Server connector uses the Aqua Enterprise API v1 and v2. Specifically, it uses the following endpoints:

Table 3: Aqua API Endpoints

Connector Object	API Endpoints
Container	GET /api/v2/containers
Container Image	GET /api/v2/images/names
	GET /api/v2/images/
Host	GET /api/v1/hosts
Vulnerability	GET /api/v2/images/names
	GET /api/v2//images/{registry}/{repo}/{tag}/vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Definition	GET /api/v2/images/names
	GET /api/v2//images/{registry}/{repo}/{tag}/vulnerabilities

Changelog

The Aqua Server connector has undergone the following changes:

3.1.1

• No change.

3.1.0

• No change.

3.0.3

• Fixed an issue where Container Images were not correctly parsing Docker labels, preventing these labels from being added to the tags.

3.0.2

• Added two new attributes, EXPLOITABILITY and EXPLOIT_TYPE, to the Vulnerability Definition object.

3.0.0

• Initial Integration+ release.