Example Configs

February 9, 2026 · View on GitHub

aliyun linux 2 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 2)

kernelrelease: 4.19.91-26.al7.x86_64
target: alinux
output:
    module: /tmp/falco_alinux_4.19.91-26.al7.x86_64.ko
driverversion: master

aliyun linux 3 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3)

kernelrelease: 5.10.84-10.4.al8.x86_64
target: alinux
output:
    module: /tmp/falco_alinux_4.19.91-26.al7.x86_64.ko
driverversion: master

alma linux

kernelrelease: 5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1.x86_64
target: almalinux
output:
    module: /tmp/falco_almalinux_5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1.x86_64.ko
driverversion: master

amazonlinux

kernelrelease: 4.14.26-46.32.amzn1.x86_64
target: amazonlinux
output:
    module: /tmp/falco_amazonlinux_4.14.26-46.32.amzn1.x86_64.ko
driverversion: master

amazonlinux 2

kernelrelease: 4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64
target: amazonlinux2
output:
    module: /tmp/falco_amazonlinux2_4.14.171-136.231.amzn2.x86_64.ko
driverversion: master

amazonlinux 2022

kernelrelease: 5.10.96-90.460.amzn2022.x86_64
target: amazonlinux2022
output:
    module: /tmp/falco_amazonlinux2022_5.10.96-90.460.amzn2022.x86_64.ko
driverversion: master

Example configuration file to build both the Kernel module for Archlinux. Note: archlinux target uses the Arch Linux Archive to fetch all ever supported kernel releases. For arm64, it uses an user-provided mirror, as no official mirror is available: http://tardis.tiny-vps.com/aarm/. The mirror has been up and updated since 2015.

kernelversion: 1
kernelrelease: 6.0.6.arch1-1
target: arch
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-arch.ko
driverversion: master
builderimage: ${ARCH_BUILD_IMAGE_HERE}

centos 6

kernelrelease: 2.6.32-754.14.2.el6.x86_64
kernelversion: 1
target: centos
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-centos6.ko
driverversion: master

centos 7

kernelrelease: 3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.x86_64
kernelversion: 1
target: centos
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-centos7.ko
driverversion: master

centos 8

kernelrelease: 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64
kernelversion: 1
target: centos
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-centos8.ko
driverversion: master

debian

Example configuration file to build both the Kernel module for Debian.

kernelrelease: 4.19.0-6-amd64
kernelversion: 1
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-debian.ko
target: debian
driverversion: master

fedora

kernelrelease: 5.19.16-200.fc36.x86_64
kernelversion: 1
target: fedora
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-fedora.ko
driverversion: master

flatcar

Example configuration file to build both the Kernel module for Flatcar. The Flatcar release version needs to be provided in the kernelrelease field instead of the kernel version; moreover, kernelconfigdata must be provided.

kernelrelease: 3185.0.0
target: flatcar
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-flatcar-3185.0.0.ko
driverversion: master
kernelconfigdata: Q09ORklHX0ZBTk9USUZZPXkKQ09ORklHX0t...

minikube

Example configuration file to build both the Kernel module for Minikube.

kernelversion: 1_1.26.0
kernelrelease: 5.10.57
target: minikube
architecture: amd64
output:
  module: /tmp/falco_minikube_5.10.57_1_1.26.0.ko
kernelconfigdata: Q09ORklHX0ZBTk9USUZZPXkKQ09ORklHX0t...

oracle linux 8

kernelrelease: 5.4.17-2011.3.2.1.el8uek.x86_64
kernelversion: 1
target: ol
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-ol8.ko
driverversion: master

redhat 7

kernelrelease: 3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7.x86_64
target: redhat
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-redhat7.ko
driverversion: master
builderimage: registry.redhat.io/rhel7:rhel7_driverkit

The image used for this build was created with the following command:

docker build --build-arg rh_username=<username> --build-arg rh_password=<password> -t registry.redhat.io/rhel7:rhel7_driverkit -f Dockerfile.rhel7 .

:warning: Passing user credentials via command line: Consider using `--secret` option!

and Dockerfile.rhel7:

FROM registry.redhat.io/rhel7

ARG rh_username
ARG rh_password

RUN subscription-manager register --username $rh_username --password $rh_password --auto-attach

RUN yum install gcc elfutils-libelf-devel make -y

:warning: Base image requires Redhat subscription to pull:`docker login registry.redhat.io`

redhat 8

kernelrelease: 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64
target: redhat
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-redhat8.ko
driverversion: master
builderimage: redhat/ubi8:rhel8_driverkit

The image used for this build was created with the following command:

docker build --build-arg rh_username=<username> --build-arg rh_password=<password> -t redhat/ubi8:rhel8_driverkit -f Dockerfile.rhel8 .

:warning: Passing user credentials via command line: Consider using `--secret` option!

and Dockerfile.rhel8:

FROM redhat/ubi8

ARG rh_username
ARG rh_password

RUN subscription-manager register --username $rh_username --password $rh_password --auto-attach

RUN yum install gcc curl elfutils-libelf-devel kmod make \
                llvm-toolset-0:12.0.1-1.module+el8.5.0+11871+08d0eab5.x86_64 cpio -y

redhat 9

kernelrelease: 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64
target: redhat
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-redhat9.ko
driverversion: master
builderimage: docker.io/redhat/ubi9:rhel9_driverkit

The image used for this build was created with the following command:

docker build -t docker.io/redhat/ubi9:rhel9_driverkit -f Dockerfile.rhel9 .

and Dockerfile.rhel9:

FROM docker.io/redhat/ubi9

RUN yum install gcc elfutils-libelf-devel kmod make cpio llvm-toolset -y
RUN ln -s /usr/bin/$(uname -p)-redhat-linux-gcc-11 /usr/bin/gcc-11

The ln -s /usr/bin/$(uname -p)-redhat-linux-gcc-11 /usr/bin/gcc-11 command creates a symbolic link which makes sure driverkit finds the correct compiler binary.

:exclamation: subscription-manager does not work on RHEL9 containers: Host must have a valid RHEL subscription. However, if you want to build the Docker image on a host that is not RHEL9, the container will not have access to the required repositories. In that case, the subscription manager can be enabled with some additional adjustments.

Dockerfile.rhel9.containerSkip:

FROM docker.io/redhat/ubi9

ENV SMDEV_CONTAINER_OFF 1

ARG REDHAT_USERNAME
ARG REDHAT_PASSWORD

RUN subscription-manager register --username $REDHAT_USERNAME --password $REDHAT_PASSWORD --auto-attach

RUN yum install gcc elfutils-libelf-devel kmod make cpio llvm-toolset -y
RUN ln -s /usr/bin/$(uname -p)-redhat-linux-gcc-11 /usr/bin/gcc-11

Setting SMDEV_CONTAINER_OFF 1 makes sure the container detection is skipped and therefore enables the subscription manager again.

rocky linux

kernelrelease: 5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1.x86_64
target: rocky
output:
    module: /tmp/falco_almalinux_5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1.x86_64.ko
driverversion: master

ubuntu

Example configuration file to build both the Kernel module for Ubuntu (works with any flavor!).

kernelrelease: 5.0.0-1021-aws-5.0
kernelversion: 24~18.04.1
target: ubuntu
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-ubuntu-generic.ko
driverversion: master

ubuntu-aws

Example configuration file to build both the Kernel module for Ubuntu AWS.

kernelrelease: 4.15.0-1057-aws
kernelversion: 59
target: ubuntu-aws
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-ubuntu-aws.ko
driverversion: master

NOTE: ubuntu-aws exists to retain backward compatibility only, and should not be used in new configs.

ubuntu-generic

Example configuration file to build both the Kernel module for Ubuntu generic.

kernelrelease: 4.15.0-72-generic
kernelversion: 81
target: ubuntu-generic
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-ubuntu-generic.ko
driverversion: master

NOTE: ubuntu-generic exists to retain backward compatibility only, and should not be used in new configs.

vanilla

In case of vanilla, you also need to pass the kernel config data in base64 format.

In most systems you can get kernelconfigdata by reading /proc/config.gz.

kernelrelease: 5.5.2
kernelversion: 1
target: vanilla
output:
  module: /tmp/falco-vanilla.ko
driverversion: 0de226085cc4603c45ebb6883ca4cacae0bd25b2

Now you can add the kernelconfigdata to the configuration file, to do so:

zcat /proc/config.gz| base64 -w0 | awk '{print "kernelconfigdata: " \$1;}' >> /tmp/vanilla.yaml

The command above assumes that you saved the configuration file at /tmp/vanilla.yaml

Note

Usually, building for a vanilla target requires more time.

So, we suggest to increase the driverkit timeout (defaults to 60 seconds):

driverkit docker -c /tmp/vanilla.yaml --timeout=300