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oh baseline image

Repository / CLI / package: ohbs-image · Full name: oh baseline image — part of the oh baseline (ohbs) family. Config-driven golden-image builder for Tencent Cloud. ohbs-image launches a short-lived CVM, applies CIS hardening from its bundled ohbs-os engine, re-audits against a configurable score gate, and captures the result as a custom image — fully repeatable and auditable, every time. Built for DevOps and security teams that need hardened base images they can trust in CI pipelines, Auto Scaling launch templates, and Terraform image references.

Zero pip dependencies. 13 OS profiles across Linux and Windows. Build-time gate with configurable score threshold. All roles ship inside the package — no Galaxy, no network drift.

Beyond the build itself, ohbs-image covers the full build → test → distribute governance loop:

• Instance-level smoke test before the snapshot — a broken image never ships
• Image lineage (ohbs-image images) — source → image IDs, score, version history
• WeCom notifications — pair with cron/systemd timer for scheduled rebuilds
• SLSA-style signed provenance (ohbs-image verify provenance) — tamper-evident build records
• OIDC / STS credentials — zero long-lived AK/SK in CI; assume_role for group accounts

Table of Contents

• Quick Start
• Installation
• Commands
• Configuration
• Architecture
• Profiles
• Test Matrix
• CI/CD Integration
• Security model (for enterprise review)
• Group accounts (organization)
• Troubleshooting
• Roadmap
• Contributing
• CIS Benchmarks Disclaimer
• License

Quick Start

Zero-to-first-image in one command (recommended)

export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID=AKIDxxxx
export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY=xxxx

ohbs-image quickstart --region ap-guangzhou --profile ubuntu2204 \
  --ingress-cidr 203.0.113.10/32
# 1. discovers the newest Ubuntu 22.04 public image + an in-stock instance type
# 2. provisions temporary VPC/subnet/security-group (tagged ephemeral=true)
# 3. writes ohbs-image.toml, then runs doctor + plan
# 4. prints the exact build command — or pass --yes to chain build directly

ohbs-image build --config ohbs-image.toml   # produce the hardened image

When it creates temporary networking, quickstart requires --ingress-cidr and opens SSH/WinRM only to that IPv4 network; use the build runner's public address with /32. It never permits 0.0.0.0/0. quickstart reuses the networking you already have by passing all three of --vpc, --subnet, --security-group (never carves a subnet inside someone else's VPC). Temporary resources are recorded in ohbs-image.toml.quickstart.json and torn down with ohbs-image quickstart --cleanup. Preview everything read-only first with ohbs-image quickstart --region … --ingress-cidr … --dry-run.

Prefer the manual path below when you want to learn the configuration model first, or when your networking is shared and you need explicit choices.

Manual path (learn the config model)

# 1. Install
git clone https://github.com/susunola/ohbs-image.git
cd ohbs-image
pip install .

# 2. Generate a minimal configuration (interactive; flags also supported)
ohbs-image configure

# 3. Build
ohbs-image doctor      # actionable local/config/cloud diagnosis
ohbs-image doctor --offline --support-bundle ./ohbs-support.zip  # redacted support archive
ohbs-image plan        # read-only resource, gate, duration, and cost preview
ohbs-image validate    # dry-run: render templates + packer validate
ohbs-image build       # produce the hardened custom image
ohbs-image clean       # remove build artifacts

The support bundle is created with mode 0600, refuses to overwrite an existing file, and contains only allow-listed redacted diagnostics, system metadata, and SHA-256 member hashes. See Troubleshooting and support bundles.

No Tencent Cloud account yet? Try before you build — free. ohbs-image try runs the same engine + catalog gates CI runs, then renders a sample single-page HTML compliance report, entirely offline:

ohbs-image try                 # demo report in ./ohbs-image-try/
# ...or inside the shipped container image:
docker build --target try -t ohbs-image:try . && \
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)/out:/demo/out" ohbs-image:try

It touches no cloud resources and spends nothing; a real build adds the ephemeral CVM, remediation, clean-boot verification and signed provenance.

# Set credentials (environment variables only — never in config files)
export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID=AKIDxxxx
export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY=xxxx
export WINRM_PASSWORD=xxxx   # Windows builds only

Example output (build)

══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  ohbs-image 0.21.0 — tencentos3 (L1) → ap-guangzhou-4
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
[packer]  tencentcloud-cvm: Launching instance (S5.MEDIUM2)...
[packer]  tencentcloud-cvm: Provisioning with ansible-local...
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: TASK [cis-tencentos3 : apply CIS Level 1] ***
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: ok: 142  changed: 38  failed: 0
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: TASK [cis-tencentos3 : reboot] ************
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: Instance rebooted — re-auditing pending items
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: TASK [cis-tencentos3 : gate] **************
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm:
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: ═══ CIS Hardening Results ═══
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: Mode:      apply
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: Profile:   L1
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: Total:     142
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: Passed:    142
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: Failed:    0
[packer]      tencentcloud-cvm: Score:     100% ≥ 85%  ✓ PASS
[packer]  ==> tencentcloud-cvm: smoke test: sshd config parses ... ok
[packer]  ==> tencentcloud-cvm: smoke test: /dev/shm noexec ... ok
[packer]  ==> tencentcloud-cvm: smoke test PASSED — image is buildable
[packer]  ==> tencentcloud-cvm: Creating custom image...
[packer]  ==> tencentcloud-cvm: Image created: img-abc123def456
[packer]  ==> tencentcloud-cvm: Terminating build instance...

✔  Build complete — image-id: img-abc123def456
✔  Output image ID(s): img-abc123def456
✔  Re-audit score: 100%
✔  Lineage recorded -> ~/.ohbs-image/lineage.jsonl
✔  Provenance signed with GPG key 0123ABCD -> ...provenance.json.sig

Not installed? Replace ohbs-image with python3 -m ohbs_image in any command.

Installation

Prerequisites

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/susunola/ohbs-image.git
cd ohbs-image
pip install .
ohbs-image --version

Commands

Not sure where to begin? Ask the CLI for the path that matches your role:

ohbs-image guide             # list the four product journeys
ohbs-image guide builder     # first hardened image, end to end
ohbs-image guide security    # assessment, policy and evidence
ohbs-image guide platform    # state, promotion, distribution and recovery
ohbs-image guide consumer    # resolve and verify deployable images

guide is offline and configuration-free. It returns task-oriented steps by default and a stable machine-readable contract with --output json.

Cloud integrations use a versioned plugin contract. Inspect the built-in Tencent Cloud adapter and any installed third-party adapters with ohbs-image provider list, then validate one with ohbs-image provider verify PROVIDER. See docs/provider-plugin.md for the entry-point API.

Scanner, signer, notifier, vulnerability-feed and distributor integrations use the separately versioned Extension SDK. Discover them with ohbs-image extension list and run the mandatory network-free certification with ohbs-image extension verify KIND NAME; see docs/extension-sdk.md.

Performance-sensitive controller paths have a reproducible, cloud-free public benchmark: ohbs-image benchmark run --output benchmark.json. Compare a run against a same-runner baseline with ohbs-image benchmark compare; methodology and interpretation guidance live in docs/benchmark.md.

Long-running production claims use a tamper-evident daily ledger. Record and verify it with ohbs-image proof record|verify|report; incomplete coverage is reported as incomplete rather than promoted as evidence. See docs/production-proof.md.

Publish portable acceptance, SLO, proof, benchmark and release artifacts as a hash-addressed static index with scripts/build_evidence_index.py; see docs/public-evidence-index.md. Stable CLI, OpenAPI, schema and plugin boundaries are protected by an explicit contract snapshot documented in docs/core-contract-stability.md.

Generate technical 等保 2.0 or 信创 readiness evidence with ohbs-image compliance assess. Reports preserve missing/manual controls and never claim certification; scope and limitations are documented in docs/compliance-packs.md.

Before an upgrade, run ohbs-image upgrade check TARGET_VERSION, back up the state database, and verify the release attestation, checksums and CycloneDX SBOM. Production Docker, Compose, systemd and Kubernetes baselines plus the rollback procedure are documented in docs/production-deployment.md.

Which command should I use?

Four commands overlap at first glance; they serve four different moments of the image lifecycle — pick by what you are trying to do:

build and scan run the identical bundled engine — scan is simply build with remediation switched off, which is why its score is a fair "before" snapshot for a migration or a quarterly compliance review.

Choose a path, then use these five commands 90% of the time

New to ohbs-image? Ignore the full reference below; start here:

ohbs-image guide         # choose the shortest path for your role
ohbs-image init          # generate ohbs-image.toml (interactive)
ohbs-image preflight     # validate config + credentials before spending money
ohbs-image build         # produce the hardened golden image
ohbs-image images        # list what you have built (lineage)
ohbs-image scan          # audit-only check when you just need a score

Everything else — config tooling, report evidence, state management, cleanup-* hygiene, audit cross-checks — is there when you need it, and documented in the full reference below.

Full command reference

ohbs-image                                    # show help (exits 2)
ohbs-image guide [builder|security|platform|consumer] [--output text|json]
ohbs-image try [-o DIR] [--profile P] [--level 1|2]  # zero-cost offline demo: gates + sample HTML report
ohbs-image quickstart --region R --profile P --ingress-cidr IP/32  # temp resources + config + doctor + plan
ohbs-image quickstart --dry-run               # read-only: print the plan, create nothing
ohbs-image quickstart --cleanup               # delete resources recorded by a previous quickstart
ohbs-image launch [--build --yes]             # doctor → plan → preflight → explicitly approved build
ohbs-image init                               # generate ohbs-image.toml
ohbs-image configure                          # interactive/non-interactive minimal config generator
ohbs-image discover images --region ap-guangzhou --profile ubuntu2404
ohbs-image config schema                      # JSON Schema for editor/CI validation
ohbs-image config validate                    # local-only config check (no cloud access)
ohbs-image config diff a.toml b.toml          # field-level config comparison
ohbs-image config get ohbs.level              # effective value of one key (defaults applied)
ohbs-image config explain --all               # full configuration key reference
ohbs-image config migrate --apply             # atomic legacy config migration
ohbs-image config merge base.toml env.toml    # deep-merge layered configs (validate result)
ohbs-image report diff --before RUN --after RUN # compare lineage metadata
ohbs-image report list [--profile P] [--status ok|failed] [--limit N]
ohbs-image report show RUN_ID              # single-run evidence + run manifest
ohbs-image report html RUN_ID [-o FILE]    # re-render one run as a self-contained HTML page
ohbs-image report cost [--hourly-price USD]  # aggregate build spend from lineage facts (no billing API; spot at 10%)
ohbs-image run list [--profile P] [--status S] # unified runs across lineage, plans and manifests
ohbs-image run show RUN_ID                    # all evidence associated with one run
ohbs-image run events RUN_ID [--output json]  # immutable, hash-chained state timeline
ohbs-image run resume RUN_ID [--build --yes]  # continue from the last safe launch checkpoint
ohbs-image run checkpoints RUN_ID [--output json]  # fine-grained build phase checkpoints
ohbs-image report slo [--days 30] [--output json]  # run success, retry and latency SLOs
ohbs-image dr drill --help                    # isolated disaster-recovery/chaos exercise
ohbs-image report metrics --format prometheus       # Prometheus exposition format
ohbs-image report metrics --format otlp-json        # OTLP/JSON metrics document

Versioned domain contracts live in `schemas/v1/`; the control-plane HTTP contract is
`api/openapi.yaml`. Compatibility rules are documented in `schemas/COMPATIBILITY.md`.
ohbs-image registry rebuild [--output json]        # index approved release evidence
ohbs-image registry list [--bucket PROFILE] [--output json]
ohbs-image registry show IMAGE_ID [--output json]
ohbs-image registry verify [--output json]
ohbs-image registry quarantine IMAGE_ID --reason TEXT  # isolate + auto-rollback channels
ohbs-image registry revoke IMAGE_ID --reason TEXT      # permanent revoke + auto-rollback
ohbs-image ancestry descendants IMAGE_ID [--output json]
ohbs-image ancestry impact IMAGE_ID [--output json]    # artifacts + channels blast radius
ohbs-image ancestry revoke IMAGE_ID --reason TEXT      # dry run; add --apply to cascade
ohbs-image ancestry link CHILD PARENT [--external]     # add a derived-from edge
ohbs-image ancestry verify [--output json]             # cycles and malformed edges
ohbs-image event process rebuild-event.json            # dry-run impact + rebuild plan
ohbs-image event process rebuild-event.json --apply    # quarantine + rollback + queued requests
ohbs-image worker run --handler ./rebuild-handler --once        # dry-run queue inspection
ohbs-image worker run --handler ./rebuild-handler --once --apply # lease + retry + dead-letter
ohbs-image worker run --pipeline docs/rebuild-pipeline.example.json --once --apply # built-in 4-stage pipeline
ohbs-image cve sync --inventory artifact-packages.json --apply # OSV feed -> quarantine -> rebuild queue
ohbs-image serve --rbac rbac.json                      # API + Web Console at http://127.0.0.1:8181/

The service exposes public health checks at `/healthz` and `/api/v1/health`.
Authenticated v1 endpoints include paginated Artifact and Run queries,
Artifact impact analysis, Channel resolution/promotion, rebuild requests, and
Prometheus metrics. Responses are filtered by the caller's authorized Buckets;
errors use a stable `{error: {code, message}}` envelope.
For production, use the hardened systemd and Caddy examples in `deploy/` and
follow `docs/control-plane-production.md`; keep the application server on
loopback and expose it only through the TLS boundary.
ohbs-image channel promote PROFILE stable IMAGE_ID [--expected-generation N]  # atomic CAS pointer move
ohbs-image channel promote PROFILE stable IMAGE_ID --operation-id deploy-42   # idempotent worker retry + fencing
ohbs-image channel resolve PROFILE stable [--output json]  # verify pointer + artifact integrity
ohbs-image channel list [--bucket PROFILE] [--output json]
ohbs-image policy verify organization-policy.json
ohbs-image policy explain organization-policy.json --environment production --artifact-id IMAGE_ID
ohbs-image policy check IMAGE_ID --bundle organization-policy.json --environment production
ohbs-image consumer resolve PROFILE stable --policy organization-policy.json --environment production
ohbs-image consumer resolve PROFILE stable --policy organization-policy.json --output terraform
ohbs-image channel promote PROFILE stable IMAGE_ID --policy organization-policy.json  # enforced gate
ohbs-image distribution plan IMAGE_ID --region ap-shanghai --region ap-beijing  # no cloud writes
ohbs-image distribution execute IMAGE_ID --region ap-shanghai                  # dry-run
ohbs-image distribution execute IMAGE_ID --region ap-shanghai --apply          # SyncImages; records pending
ohbs-image distribution reconcile IMAGE_ID --timeout-minutes 60                 # DescribeImages → ready/failed
ohbs-image distribution record IMAGE_ID --region ap-shanghai --replica-id img-copy --operation-id copy-job-7
ohbs-image engine list                     # bundled engines: version + sha256 per profile
ohbs-image engine verify                   # syntax-check every bundled engine (CI gate)
ohbs-image engine version                  # ohbs-image + per-family engine versions
ohbs-image catalog list                    # bundled rule catalogs: rules, guidance, sha256
ohbs-image catalog verify [--strict]       # catalog JSON + guidance cross-reference gate
ohbs-image catalog lint --report cis-rule-quality.html  # quality baseline + top 50 priorities
ohbs-image doctor [--output text|json|sarif] [--only GROUP] [--offline] [--report-path FILE]
ohbs-image plan [--output json]                # read-only build/resource/gate preview
ohbs-image state path                          # print the evidence directory
ohbs-image state status [--output json]        # evidence counts + disk usage
ohbs-image state verify [--strict] [--output json] # integrity, references, hashes and leases
ohbs-image state init                          # create the evidence layout (idempotent)
ohbs-image state prune --keep 30 [--dry-run]   # retain recent lineage, drop old per-run evidence
ohbs-image state prune --older-than 90 [--dry-run]
ohbs-image state sync push --backend local --location /shared/ohbs-state
ohbs-image state reconcile [--apply] [--output json]  # expired leases + orphan resource records
ohbs-image state sync push --backend cos --location cos://bucket/ohbs-state
ohbs-image state sync push --backend local --location /shared/ohbs-state --check
ohbs-image preflight                          # validate config, credentials, prerequisites
ohbs-image validate                           # render templates + packer validate
ohbs-image build                              # render + packer build → custom image
ohbs-image build --skip-if-unchanged          # ... skip when inputs are unchanged (change detection)
ohbs-image scan [--min-score 85]              # audit-only build (no remediation) + score gate
ohbs-image scan --sarif out.sarif             # ... plus a SARIF 2.1.0 failure report
ohbs-image scan --xccdf out.xml               # ... plus an XCCDF 1.2 TestResult (GRC ingestion)
ohbs-image scan --html report.html            # ... plus a self-contained HTML compliance page
ohbs-image test --idempotency                 # re-run apply, fail if 2nd pass changes anything
ohbs-image list                               # enumerate available profiles with metadata
ohbs-image images [--latest] [-n N]           # list recorded builds (lineage)
ohbs-image promote --image img-xxx --environment staging --approved-by alice
ohbs-image rollback --image img-xxx --environment staging --reason "deployment issue"
ohbs-image pending                            # change detection: is a rebuild required? (exit 0/1)
ohbs-image verify provenance --provenance <file>  # verify a SLSA provenance signature
ohbs-image verify provenance --image <img-id>     # ... or locate provenance by image ID
ohbs-image verify image --image <img-id>          # clean-boot verification of a produced image
ohbs-image verify release --image img-xxx         # verify portable release-manifest evidence hashes
ohbs-image cleanup images [--older-than 30]       # retire old images by lineage age (dry run)
ohbs-image cleanup images --apply                 # actually delete (default = dry run)
ohbs-image cleanup runs --older-than 24           # find tagged orphaned build/probe CVMs (dry run)
ohbs-image cleanup runs --older-than 24 --apply   # actually terminate the tagged CVMs (hours must be > 0)
ohbs-image cleanup runs --include-legacy --apply  # explicitly include pre-manifest probes after review
# --- deprecated flat aliases (removal planned in 0.22.0; extended from 0.21.0
#     because v0.20.0 never reached PyPI, so the notice had not reached users) ---
ohbs-image verify --provenance <file>         # [deprecated] use `ohbs-image verify provenance`
ohbs-image verify-image --image <img-id>      # [deprecated] use `ohbs-image verify image`
ohbs-image verify-release --image img-xxx     # [deprecated] use `ohbs-image verify release`
ohbs-image cleanup-images [--older-than 30]   # [deprecated] use `ohbs-image cleanup images`
ohbs-image cleanup-runs --older-than 24       # [deprecated] use `ohbs-image cleanup runs`
ohbs-image drift --host <ip> [--image <id>]   # config drift on a running instance vs image baseline
ohbs-image drift --host <ip> --save-baseline  # save the current host scan as a drift baseline
ohbs-image check-source                       # vendor image refresh detection (rebuild needed?)
ohbs-image audit --tool oscap ...             # independent audit: OpenSCAP (RHEL-family SCAP content)
ohbs-image audit --tool inspec ...            # independent audit: Chef InSpec (dev-sec baselines)
ohbs-image audit --tool kitty --parse out.csv # independent audit: HardeningKitty (Windows) CSV
ohbs-image clean                              # remove .ohbs-image-build/

Policy bundles support relative extends inheritance, environment overrides, and time-bounded exceptions requiring an owner, approver, reason, and expiry. Start from docs/policy-bundle.example.json; remove the example exception before use. Every check writes a hash-protected decision under the registry state.

First-success workflow

configure generates the smallest valid configuration. In a TTY it prompts for missing values; automation can supply --profile, --region, --zone, --source-image, --vpc, --subnet, and --security-group.

doctor returns all detected problems in one run, with a suggested fix for each blocker. Checks are grouped into toolchain / config / credentials / cloud / network / permissions; --only <group> runs a single group, --offline (or --no-cloud) disables cloud API checks for air-gapped machines, --output json emits the stable doctor/v1 contract, --output sarif emits a SARIF 2.1.0 report, and --report-path <file> persists a redacted copy of the same output. Exit codes are stable: 0 = ready to build, 1 = at least one failing check, 2 = configuration could not be resolved. Every emitted string is redacted — credential-shaped values (AKID…, secret_key=…, PEM private keys) never leave the process.

plan never creates or changes cloud resources. It previews the temporary CVM, placement, maximum duration, release gates, distribution and cost caveat.

Team state and cloud Canary

state manages the evidence directory (OHBS_IMAGE_STATE_DIR or ~/.ohbs-image): state path prints it, state status reports evidence counts and disk usage, state init creates the layout idempotently (safe in CI), state verify checks JSON structure, RUN_ID links, release evidence hashes and active leases, and state prune retains recent lineage while dropping superseded per-run evidence (runs/plans/provenance — the permanent release approval trail in releases/ is never pruned). Use --dry-run to preview.

state sync copies the evidence directory to/from a local team directory or Tencent COS. The COS backend uses the official coscli binary and its credential/config mechanism, so secrets are never passed on the command line. --check previews transfers without copying (local backend only). Orchestration should pull before a state-aware operation and push afterwards. Set OHBS_IMAGE_COSCLI_CONFIG when CI uses a non-default coscli configuration file.

The opt-in .github/workflows/cloud-canary.yml runs a weekly real-cloud acceptance (TencentOS 3 L1 by default) only when repository variable OHBS_ENABLE_CLOUD_CANARY=true. It is disabled by default because it creates billed CVMs; manual runs require explicit cost confirmation. Manual dispatch additionally accepts profile (tencentos3 / ubuntu2404 / win2022), level (1/2) and build_instance_type (default SA5.MEDIUM2) so a canary can be targeted without editing the workflow. Scheduled runs can rotate the representative profile through repository variable OHBS_CLOUD_CANARY_PROFILE.

Configuration

ohbs-image.toml is the single source of truth — no manual template editing.

Validation is strict about types: list options (rules_include, rules_exclude, share_accounts, share_org_units, test_components) must be TOML arrays of non-empty strings, and level, min_score, assume_role_duration, ssh_port must be integers (floats and booleans are rejected). The hardening section is [ohbs] (what ohbs-image init generates); the legacy [cis] name is still accepted — if both exist, [ohbs] wins with a warning.

Configuration files can be layered for environment-specific overrides: pass --overlay <file> on any command (repeatable) or use ohbs-image config merge base.toml team.toml local.toml to preview the merged result. Layers deep-merge: tables merge recursively and later files win key-by-key; lists and scalars are replaced, not appended. Overlay files may be partial — only the merged result must be complete and valid.

[build]
profile             = "tencentos3"
#   Linux: ubuntu2004 | ubuntu2204 | ubuntu2404 |
#          rhel8 | rhel9 | rhel10 | rocky9 |
#          tencentos3 | tencentos4
#   Windows: win2016 | win2019 | win2022 | win2025
region              = "ap-guangzhou"
zone                = "ap-guangzhou-4"
instance_type       = "S5.MEDIUM2"
source_image_id     = "img-xxxxxxxx"
vpc_id              = "vpc-xxxxxxxx"
subnet_id           = "subnet-xxxxxxxx"
security_group_id   = "sg-xxxxxxxx"
associate_public_ip = false              # use a private VPC runner or bastion for builds
# max_build_minutes = 120                # hard Packer wall-clock limit; stops stalled builds and caps cloud cost (15-1440)
# spot = true                             # use a spot instance for the build VM (up to ~90% cheaper)
# instance_name = "my-build-cvm"          # optional explicit name for the temporary build CVM ("" = plugin auto)
# # [build.packer] — passthrough of arbitrary tencentcloud-cvm Packer builder
# # args (inherits the full Packer capability set). E.g. some SA-series
# # instance types do not support the default CLOUD_PREMIUM root disk:
# #   [build.packer]
# #   disk_type = "CLOUD_SSD"
# #   disk_size = 100

[image]
name_prefix  = "tencentos3-cis"
# name = "my-ohbs-image"                  # optional: fixed image name (empty = auto prefix-level-timestamp)
copy_regions = ["ap-shanghai"]            # [] to disable cross-region copy
# share_accounts = ["uin/1234567890"]    # optional: share the built image with other accounts
# share_org_units = ["ou-xxxx"]          # NOT supported: ModifyImageSharePermission takes
                                        # account IDs only — the tool warns and skips this

[ohbs]
level = 1                                 # 1 or 2
# min_score = 85                          # post-reboot audit gate (0 disables; default 85)
# allow_disruptive = true                 # apply disruptive remediations during the build (default true)
# rules_include = ["1.5.6"]               # run only these rules
# rules_exclude = ["1.1.2.2.4"]           # always wins over rules_include
# allow_scoped_approval = true             # explicitly permit a subset-built image to be approved (default false)
# Per-control parameter overrides (deep-merged into the catalog at render):
# [ohbs.overrides."5.2.2"]
#
# Explicit evidence for a site-specific Manual control. A control is only
# promoted to pass when all approval fields are present; otherwise it remains
# Manual. The attestation is embedded in the per-rule JSON evidence.
# [site_policy.controls."2.1.24"]
# approved = true
# reason = "Listening services match SEC-NET-004 allowlist"
# owner = "security-platform"
# reviewed_at = "2026-08-27"
# ssh_max_auth_tries = 4

[cloud]
secret_id_env  = "TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID"
secret_key_env = "TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY"
# winrm_password_env = "WINRM_PASSWORD"   # Windows only
# Group-account (organization) cross-account builds — assume a CAM role in
# the target account using the local AK/SK:
# assume_role_arn      = "qcs::cam::uin/1234567890:roleName/CrossAccountBuilder"
# assume_role_session  = "ohbsimage-build"   # optional, default "ohbs-image"
# assume_role_duration = 3600             # optional, default 7200, range 0-43200
# OIDC / STS temporary credentials (CI, no long-lived AK/SK):
# security_token_env = "TENCENTCLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN"   # Packer default

# Build notifications (WeCom group-robot webhook). Empty webhook = off.
# [notify]
# webhook = "https://qyapi.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/webhook/send?key=xxxx"
# on      = "failure"        # always | success | failure
# deploy_webhook = "https://ci.example.com/api/images"  # POST image metadata on success (EventBridge-style)

# SLSA-style provenance signing (GPG). Empty = provenance unsigned.
# [sign]
# gpg_key = "ABCDEF0123456789"

[meta]
os_tag    = "tencentos-3"
benchmark = "CIS-v1.0.0"
# smoke_test = true           # instance-level checks before the image snapshot
# cve_scan   = false          # optional: trivy vulnerability gate before the snapshot
# sbom       = false          # optional: emit an SBOM into the image + provenance
# delivery_report_required = false  # optional: fail release if the HTML delivery report cannot be written
# verify_boot = false         # optional: boot a probe from the produced image and re-audit
# test_components = ["scripts/app-check.sh"]  # optional: user test scripts run before snapshot

Full reference

Architecture

Linux pipeline

Four phases executed inside the ephemeral CVM. Packer uploads one compressed Ansible bundle, extracts it, and runs ansible-playbook locally:

1. Install — provisions ansible-core via the OS package manager + pip.
2. Harden — runs the bundled ohbs-os engine (ohbs_engine.py + rules.json). Variables: cis_mode: apply, cis_profile: L1/L2.
3. Reboot + re-audit — reboots the instance and re-runs only the rules that were pending a reboot. Catches kernel parameters, audit daemon configs, and other settings that only take effect after restart.
4. Gate — final score check against a configurable threshold (default 85%). If the score falls below, ansible-playbook exits non-zero and Packer fails the build — the image is never created.

SSH access safety net

CIS rules can disable root SSH login (PermitRootLogin no — TencentOS 3 rule 5.1.22 / TencentOS 4 rule 5.2.10). Because the builder itself connects as root, this would lock the build out after the reboot. ohbs-image therefore adds two orchestration-layer guarantees that are regenerated on every build (they can never go stale):

1. Dedicated build user ohbsimage — created by install-ansible.sh with passwordless sudo and the same authorized_keys as the current SSH user, so it can reconnect even if root login is fully disabled.
2. SSH guard — opens the live SSH port in firewalld / nftables / iptables, and if a CIS rule set PermitRootLogin no, temporarily restores key-based root login so Packer can reconnect.

The final image ships hardened: the cleanup provisioner re-applies PermitRootLogin no before the snapshot is taken. To administer a built image, use the ohbsimage user (sudo -i for root), or create your own user — root password login is disabled by design per CIS.

What ships in the image (Linux)

Every Linux build leaves a ohbs-image paper trail inside the image so admins know exactly what was done and which admin channel to use:

Windows builds ship the same audit evidence at C:\ProgramData\ohbs-image\AUDIT-RESULT.json (raw engine result.json from the build-time audit — the Windows counterpart of /opt/ohbs-image-AUDIT-RESULT.json).

$ ssh ohbsimage@<host>
              .---..---.
          .-'          '-.           OHBS IMAGE
        .'                '.           ___ ___  ___  ___
      .'                    '.       / __/ _ \/ __|/ __|
     /         ()    ()       \      | (_| (_) \__ \ (__ 
    |                        |       \___\___/|___/\___|
     \                      /         OHBS-HARDENED IMAGE BUILDER
      '.                  .'
        '.              .'
          '---.------.---'

Image:    t3-cis-level1-20260806-173729
Source:   img-test-abc123
OS/Level: tencentos-3 / level1-server
Built:    2026-08-06T17:37:29Z by ohbs-image 0.10.0

[ REPORT  ] cat /opt/ohbs-image-REPORT.md     (or run: ohbs-image-info)
[ ADMIN   ] ssh ohbsimage@<host>            (root login disabled per CIS 5.1.22)
[ ESCALATE] sudo -i                        (NOPASSWD via /etc/sudoers.d/ohbsimage-build)

The report at /opt/ohbs-image-REPORT.md documents what ohbs-image did to the base image (per-rule counts, outstanding failures, how to re-run the scan) so the next admin does not have to guess.

Windows pipeline

Windows builds use the Packer ansible provisioner (controller-side) over WinRM. The bundled role includes ohbs_engine.ps1 (PowerShell). The controller requires ansible-core locally.

Design

Bundled roles. All 13 ohbs-os engine roles ship inside ohbs_image/roles/. At build time the tool copies the selected role into the workspace. No Galaxy, no network dependency, no version drift.

Local Ansible (Linux). Packer uploads the complete payload as one archive; playbooks and roles then execute inside the build instance. This avoids recursive upload stalls while keeping the controller free of an ansible-core dependency.

ansible (Windows). Controller-driven over WinRM. The controller must have ansible-core installed locally.

Build-time gate. The gate runs inside the Ansible role (cis_fail_on_findings). Configurable score threshold ensures the image is good enough to ship, or no image is produced.

Credentials. AK/SK via environment variables only (sensitive = true in HCL). Ephemeral instances are tagged and auto-recycled. Image tags record CIS level, OS, and benchmark.

Profiles

Linux (SSH × local Ansible)

Windows (WinRM × controller-side ansible)

To switch profiles, change [build].profile and source_image_id in ohbs-image.toml.

Test Matrix

Validated CIS-hardened images across the supported OS × level grid. All builds ran on Tencent Cloud Guangzhou region with cis_allow_disruptive: false; every image below was re-verified in the console as NORMAL on 2026-08-14.

Full matrix — including the CVM instance type used per build — is in tests/TEST-MATRIX.md.

CI/CD Integration

export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID=xxx
export TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY=xxx
ohbs-image build --log-file build.log

Point downstream CVM / Auto Scaling / Terraform at the output image_id. Pin the build machine to a dedicated VPC and security group.

Security model (for enterprise review)

What auditors usually ask about, and where each control lives:

• No long-lived credentials for humans. The person (or pipeline) triggering a build holds only cloud API permissions — OIDC/STS short-lived credentials in CI, a least-privilege sub-account, or an assume_role chain for group accounts. Nobody needs a VM password or SSH key to run a build. See Group accounts.
• Ephemeral, isolated build VM. The build instance lives for the duration of one build (~10 min), sits in a dedicated VPC with a security group source-restricted to the build machine's egress IP, uses a Packer-generated throwaway keypair that is deleted when the build ends, and is terminated automatically — success or failure.
• The build VM runs as root — deliberately. This follows AWS EC2 Image Builder / Azure Image Builder / Packer's own examples, where the ephemeral build instance is driven as root (or a NOPASSWD-sudo default user, which is the same privilege set under another name). There is no production data, no multi-user access, and no persistence on this VM; least-privilege controls apply to who can trigger the pipeline, not to a throwaway VM nobody can log into. The shipped artifact is what matters — and it is hardened: root SSH login is disabled (PermitRootLogin no) before the snapshot, per CIS.
• Auditable output. Every build records lineage (source image → output image IDs, score, version), can emit a GPG-signed SLSA-style provenance statement, an SBOM pinned into the provenance, and SARIF/XCCDF reports for GRC ingestion. The image itself carries the audit result (/opt/ohbs-image-AUDIT-RESULT.json) and a full report (/opt/ohbs-image-REPORT.md).

Group accounts (organization)

ohbs-image supports the Tencent Cloud group-account (企业组织) pattern for cross-account golden image builds — build once from a central account, distribute everywhere:

• Build as a target account: set [cloud].assume_role_arn to a CAM role created in the target account. Packer assumes that role with the local AK/SK (STS AssumeRole), so the instance and image are created in the target account while credentials stay in the central account.

  [cloud]
  assume_role_arn      = "qcs::cam::uin/1234567890:roleName/CrossAccountBuilder"
  assume_role_session  = "ohbsimage-build"   # optional
  assume_role_duration = 3600             # optional, default 7200
  

  The role needs the same CAM permissions the builder requires (cvm:RunInstances, cvm:CreateImage, cvm:DescribeImages) plus a trust policy allowing the central account to assume it.

• Build then share: keep assume_role_arn empty, build in the central account, and share the resulting image to business accounts via the Tencent Cloud console or the image_share_accounts Packer option.

When assume_role_arn is empty (the default) builds behave exactly as before — no group-account setup required.

OIDC / STS credentials (no long-lived AK/SK)

For CI pipelines (GitHub Actions etc.) you can build without storing any AK/SK: the runner obtains short-lived STS credentials via OIDC federation, and ohbs-image hands the session token straight to Packer.

1. CAM side (one-time): create an OIDC identity provider pointing at https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com, then create a CAM role whose trust conditions pin oidc:iss, oidc:aud (the client ID you configured) and oidc:sub (e.g. repo:susunola/ohbs-image: ref:refs/heads/main). Attach the builder permissions (cvm:RunInstances, cvm:CreateImage, cvm:DescribeImages, ...).

2. Workflow: exchange the OIDC token for STS credentials with everpcpc/tencentcloud-oidc-auth@v1, which exports TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID, TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY and TENCENTCLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN — Packer reads all three natively:

   permissions:
     id-token: write          # required for OIDC
   steps:
     - uses: everpcpc/tencentcloud-oidc-auth@v1
       with:
         role-arn: qcs::cam::uin/1234567890:roleName/ci-builder
         oidc-provider-id: github
         region: ap-guangzhou
     - run: ohbs-image build --config ohbs-image.toml
   

   Run the workflow from a self-hosted runner with private connectivity to the build VPC. Keep associate_public_ip = false and restrict the build security group to the runner or bastion security group; do not open SSH or WinRM to the public internet for a golden-image build.

3. ohbs-image side: nothing to configure — the default security_token_env = "TENCENTCLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN" is picked up automatically. Override it only if your CI exports the token under a different name:

   [cloud]
   security_token_env = "MY_CI_STS_TOKEN"
   

Note: security_token and assume_role are independent — STS credentials can themselves be scoped to the OIDC role, so you typically do not need both at once.

Build → test → distribute (image governance)

Beyond building the image, ohbs-image covers the governance loop that Packer itself leaves to you (mirroring AWS Image Builder's build → test → distribute pipeline):

• Test (before snapshot) — after finalize + re-audit, an instance-level smoke test runs on the live VM before Packer snapshots it: sshd -T parses, sshd/auditd active, /dev/shm carries noexec, no weak SSH crypto, journal-upload active (when configured). Any failure aborts the build — no image is produced. Disable with [meta].smoke_test = false.

• Lineage (distribute metadata) — every build appends a record (~/.ohbs-image/lineage.jsonl): source image → output image IDs, level, region, score, version, timestamp, and a mode field (build / scan / test). Scan and test images are recorded so cleanup images can retire them, but they are not hardened builds — --skip-if-unchanged and pending ignore them (only mode: build records count; records written before the field existed count as build). The full per-rule audit JSON is archived alongside it on the build machine at ~/.ohbs-image/reports/<image-name>.<run-id>.json. Query it with:

  ohbs-image images            # recent builds, newest first
  ohbs-image images --latest   # the most recent record
  ohbs-image cleanup images --older-than 30   # dry-run: what would be retired
  ohbs-image cleanup images --older-than 30 --apply   # actually delete
  

  cleanup images retires golden images older than N days (default 30), always keeping the newest build (--keep-latest, default 1). It uses the lineage records to find the image IDs, verifies them via cvm:DescribeImages, deletes via cvm:DeleteImages (stdlib TC3-signed — no extra dependencies), and marks the lineage entries retired. Credentials come from TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_ID / TENCENTCLOUD_SECRET_KEY (optionally TENCENTCLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN). Pair with cron/systemd timer for fully automatic retirement.

• Notify (scheduling companion) — post build results to a WeCom group robot. Combine with cron / systemd timer / SCF for scheduled rebuilds:

  [notify]
  webhook = "https://qyapi.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/webhook/send?key=xxxx"
  on      = "failure"     # always | success | failure
  

  # systemd timer / cron example — rebuild monthly, only notify on failure
  0 3 1 * *  ohbs-image build --config /etc/ohbs-image/ohbs-image.toml -y
  

• SLSA-style provenance — after a successful build ohbs-image writes a signed provenance statement (~/.ohbs-image/provenance/…provenance.json) describing exactly what produced the image (source image, profile, level, region, ohbs-image version, score). Tencent CVM images are img-* artifacts, not OCI images, so cosign container signing does not apply — instead the provenance file is GPG-detached-signed ([sign].gpg_key), giving an auditable, tamper-evident record (SLSA L1 + signed provenance). Verified end-to-end with a real GPG key — tampering with the provenance makes verification fail (gpg: BAD signature).

  [sign]
  gpg_key = "ABCDEF0123456789"   # your GPG key id/fingerprint
  
  [attestation]
  required = true                  # fail closed: never distribute an unsigned build
  

  Verify any signed provenance (audit / compliance):

  ohbs-image verify provenance --provenance ~/.ohbs-image/provenance/xxx.provenance.json
  ohbs-image verify provenance --image img-ekny61ig        # auto-locate by image ID
  ohbs-image verify provenance --provenance ~/.ohbs-image/provenance/xxx.provenance.json \
    --trusted-key-fingerprint ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF01
  

  Output shows subject (image IDs), profile/level/region/source, builder version, re-audit score, and the GPG signature status (VALID / INVALID / NONE). --trusted-key-fingerprint may be repeated to form a signer allowlist. Exit code is non-zero when the signature is missing, invalid, cannot be checked because GPG is unavailable or times out, the signer is not allowlisted, or --image is not a subject of the provenance.

  With [attestation].required = true, a missing/failed/timed-out signature blocks approval, cross-account sharing, and the deploy webhook. For CI/CD, ohbs-image build --result-file result.json writes one atomic JSON document containing the run ID, image IDs, score, evidence paths, and signature state. Evidence is stored with owner-only permissions under ~/.ohbs-image; each build receives a UUID run ID, so concurrent builds do not reuse provenance filenames or invocation IDs.

  Webhook endpoints must use HTTPS and cannot use literal non-public IP addresses. DNS webhook hosts remain administrator-controlled integrations; production networks should also enforce an egress allowlist. Deploy events carry the build run_id as both event_id and Idempotency-Key; delivery retries transient failures three times. Use --state-dir /secure/ohbs-state (or OHBS_IMAGE_STATE_DIR) to isolate CI jobs or retain team evidence outside a runner home directory.

  WeCom notifications are intentionally human-facing, best-effort messages: they do not gate release and are not a delivery receipt. Automation must use the result JSON and/or deploy webhook, both correlated by run_id.

  Every build and clean-boot probe also writes a versioned run manifest under runs/<run_id>.json. It records the active lease, phase, and known temporary resources. Long-running Packer builds refresh that lease every five minutes. cleanup runs skips unexpired active leases; it only treats age as a fallback for expired or pre-manifest resources.

  [build.packer] remains a privileged provider-extension escape hatch. Its values are not copied into provenance, but the exact sorted key set and a SHA-256 digest of the complete override map are recorded for audit.

  An approved image also receives a self-contained HTML delivery report beside the archived audit JSON in reports/. It summarizes release status, score, image IDs, run identity and evidence paths; when --result-file is used, its path is returned as html_report for CI links and artifacts.

  Every approved image also receives a release manifest under releases/<image-id>.json. It binds the image to hashes of its audit, provenance and HTML evidence, then records a cloud-agnostic promotion trail. ohbs-image promote --image img-xxx --environment staging and ohbs-image rollback --image img-xxx --environment staging only update this auditable release state; application deployment and cloud sharing remain explicit external pipeline actions.

  Before a downstream pipeline consumes an image, run ohbs-image verify release --image img-xxx against the downloaded evidence state. It verifies that each referenced audit, provenance, and HTML report remains under the state root and matches its recorded SHA-256.

Real cloud acceptance and cleanup drills

Three protected GitHub workflows turn the operational checks into repeatable, reviewable runs without creating surprise cloud spend:

• real-cloud-acceptance requires the protected cloud-e2e environment and an explicit cost confirmation. It runs exactly one profile/level through a real build and clean-boot verification. Configure TC_E2E_OIDC_ROLE_ARN, TC_E2E_REGION, TC_E2E_ZONE, TC_E2E_VPC_ID, TC_E2E_SUBNET_ID, TC_E2E_SG_ID, and TC_E2E_SOURCE_IMAGE_ID as environment secrets. Windows also needs TC_E2E_WINRM_PASSWORD.
• ephemeral-cleanup-drill is dry-run by default. Its apply input is the only path that terminates tagged ephemeral CVMs; protect the same environment with reviewers and inspect the dry-run artifact first.
• cloud-canary adds a weekly TencentOS 3 L1 acceptance, but its scheduled job remains inert until repository variable OHBS_ENABLE_CLOUD_CANARY=true. Manual runs require cost confirmation and may select TencentOS 3, Ubuntu 24.04 or Windows Server 2022. Configure TC_CANARY_TENCENTOS3_IMAGE_ID, TC_CANARY_UBUNTU2404_IMAGE_ID and TC_CANARY_WIN2022_IMAGE_ID in the same protected environment.

Every acceptance run writes a portable acceptance-result.json plus a GitHub run summary containing profile, level, commit, timestamps, result and evidence artifact. Failed builds still publish this diagnostic record before the job is marked failed. All workflows use short-lived OIDC credentials and keep their logs/evidence as 90-day artifacts. They are intentionally manual until the organization has accepted the associated cloud cost and change-control policy.

• SBOM + change detection (supply chain) — with [meta].sbom = true the build emits a zero-dependency SBOM (/opt/ohbs-image-SBOM.jsonl, native rpm/dpkg query) into the image, and its SHA-256 + package count are pinned in lineage and the provenance statement (sbomSha256 / sbomPackageCount) — SLSA L2-style evidence of what exactly shipped. ohbs-image build --skip-if-unchanged / ohbs-image pending compare a deterministic input fingerprint (source image, rule catalog hash, benchmark, level, filters) against the last successful mode: build lineage record and skip the rebuild when nothing changed — a scheduled-pipeline cost saver.

  ohbs-image build --skip-if-unchanged    # skip if inputs unchanged
  ohbs-image pending                      # exit 0 = no rebuild needed, 1 = rebuild
  

• Clean-boot verification (verify image) — AWS Image Builder runs its test phase on the output image, not the build instance. ohbs-image verify image --image img-xxx boots a probe instance from the produced image, runs the bundled engine in scan mode on the FRESH boot (catching SELinux relabel stalls, first-boot services, cloud-init reconfiguration), gates on the score, and always terminates the probe. The probe uses a throwaway ed25519 key pair (created locally, imported via cvm:ImportKeyPair, deleted afterwards) and logs in as the image's built-in ohbsimage user — root login is disabled by the hardening, so no credentials need to be supplied. Windows probes instead set a new, per-probe Administrator password through RunInstances, authenticate with NTLM WinRM, and run the exact engine/catalog retained in the image; the password is never logged or persisted. [meta].verify_boot = true chains either path automatically after every successful build.

  ohbs-image verify image --image img-ekny61ig --min-score 85
  

• Independent audit (audit) — the score is no longer only self- reported by the engine that applied the hardening. ohbs-image audit runs a third-party tool and gates on the result, exactly like dev-sec (InSpec) / RHEL (oscap + SCAP content) / ansible-lockdown (Goss):

  # OpenSCAP — RHEL-family: use the scap-security-guide datastream on target
  ohbs-image audit --tool oscap --host 1.2.3.4 --ssh-user root \
    --datastream /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-rhel9-ds.xml \
    --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_cis --min-score 85
  
  # Chef InSpec — dev-sec baselines (Linux)
  ohbs-image audit --tool inspec --host 1.2.3.4 --ssh-user root \
    --baseline dev-sec/linux-baseline --min-score 85
  
  # HardeningKitty — Windows cross-check (audit runs on the Windows host,
  # export the CSV, parse it here)
  ohbs-image audit --tool kitty --parse kitty-audit.csv --min-score 85
  

  Every audit can emit SARIF / XCCDF for GRC ingestion (--sarif out.sarif --xccdf out.xml).

Post-delivery lifecycle (drift / refresh / deploy trigger)

• Drift detection — an image is correct at build time, but instances launched from it drift (configs tweaked, packages patched, services changed). ohbs-image drift re-scans a LIVE instance over SSH and diffs the result against the baseline — the audit result shipped inside the image (/opt/ohbs-image-AUDIT-RESULT.json) or a saved one:

  ohbs-image drift --host 1.2.3.4 --image img-ekny61ig --min-score 85
  # reports: new failing rules / recovered rules / score delta; exit 1 = drift
  ohbs-image drift --host 1.2.3.4 --save-baseline   # persist a custom baseline
  

• Vendor image refresh — when the upstream OS image is updated, the golden image should be rebuilt. ohbs-image check-source compares the source image's CreatedTime against the last build's lineage record (exit 0 = unchanged, 1 = refreshed, 2 = API state unknown); schedule it on a timer ahead of build --skip-if-unchanged. Treat exit 2 as a failed check rather than silently skipping a rebuild:

  ohbs-image check-source && echo "source unchanged" || ohbs-image build -y
  

• Deploy trigger — [notify].deploy_webhook POSTs {event: "image.ready", image_id, score, profile, region} on build success, so a new image automatically drives the downstream release (ASG launch-template update, Terraform, CI pipeline) instead of waiting for a human to read the WeCom message.

• Cost control — [build].spot = true launches the ephemeral build VM as a spot (竞价) instance (instance_charge_type=SPOTPAID, up to ~90% cheaper); repossess risk is acceptable for a short-lived build machine.

• Safe cleanup — cleanup images --unused-since N only deletes images that are NOT shared with other accounts (via DescribeImageSharePermission), so an image still referenced downstream is not retired while it is fresh. The guard expires N days after the image's lineage record: a shared image whose record is older than N days (undated records count as ancient) is presumed unused since then and is retired anyway; 0 disables the guard entirely. Fails open (keeps the image) on API errors.

Troubleshooting

Roadmap

• CI pipeline (GitHub Actions + OIDC, zero long-lived AK/SK)
• Image governance loop: smoke test / lineage / notifications / SLSA signing
• ohbs-image list — enumerate available profiles with metadata
• ohbs-image scan — audit-only mode (no remediation, gate on findings)
• Custom rule selection (rules_include / rules_exclude in ohbs-image.toml)
• PyPI package (pip install ohbs-image) — publish workflow included
• Automatic image cleanup (retire old images by lineage age)
• Independent audit tool (ohbs-image audit — oscap / inspec / kitty)
• Benchmark-pinned rule IDs in engine output + SARIF (CIS-CAT cross-reference)
• Clean-boot verification (ohbs-image verify image / [meta].verify_boot)
• Per-control overrides ([ohbs].overrides in ohbs-image.toml)
• CVE scan gate + SBOM emission ([meta].cve_scan / [meta].sbom)
• Change detection (ohbs-image pending / build --skip-if-unchanged)
• XCCDF 1.2 report export (scan --xccdf, audit --xccdf)
• Cross-account image sharing ([image].share_accounts)
• SBOM pinning in provenance + lineage (SLSA L2-style evidence)
• Windows cross-check via HardeningKitty CSV (audit --tool kitty)
• Config drift detection (ohbs-image drift vs the image baseline)
• User test components ([meta].test_components, Image Builder style)
• Deploy trigger webhook ([notify].deploy_webhook, EventBridge style)
• Spot-instance build VM ([build].spot, up to ~90% cheaper)
• Safe cleanup (cleanup images --unused-since, shared images kept within the guard window)
• Sharing guard ([image].share_org_units is rejected with a warning — the API accepts account IDs only; use share_accounts)
• Rule-set versioning (ohbs-image list --versions)
• Vendor image refresh detection (ohbs-image check-source)
• Config tooling (config validate / diff / get / explain / migrate / schema)
• Layered configuration (config merge + repeatable --overlay deep-merge; tables recurse, lists/scalars replace)
• Report evidence index (report list / report show / report diff lineage trail)
• Self-contained HTML compliance report (report html RUN_ID re-render from evidence, scan --html)
• Zero-cost demo (ohbs-image try — offline engine + catalog gates, deterministic sample audit, real HTML report; also Docker --target try)
• Build cost tracking (report cost — instance type / spot / build duration facts in lineage; optional spend estimate, no billing API)
• State management (state path / status / init / prune, sync --check)
• Engine tooling (engine list / engine verify — syntax + SHA-256 drift gate)
• Catalog tooling (catalog list / catalog verify — supply-chain integrity gate)
• CLI supply-chain gates in CI (engine verify + catalog verify on real bundled data)
• Pre-PR gate checklist synced with CI (CONTRIBUTING runs the full nine-gate sequence)
• SLSA L2: reproducible release builds (pinned build environment — fixed runner image, exact Python patch, pinned build backend, --no-isolation)
• 等保 2.0 (MLPS) mapping — CIS rules ↔ 等保 2.0 安全通用要求 control map (海外 CIS / 国内等保 dual view: coverage map, gap analysis, 等保 section in the HTML report)
• STIG benchmark profiles (same engine, DISA content — deferred; lower priority than the 等保 2.0 mapping)

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the development setup, lint/type-check/test commands, the project's hard constraints (zero third-party runtime dependencies, no long-lived credentials), and the guide for adding a new CIS profile.

Keep the docs in sync with the CLI

CI enforces that README.md always documents every subcommand and OS profile, and that the translated quick-start READMEs (zh-CN / ja / th) never reference a command that no longer exists (.github/workflows/ci.yml → scripts/check_readme.py). When you add, remove, or rename a ohbs-image subcommand or a profile, update the relevant sections, then verify locally before pushing:

python3 scripts/check_readme.py --check-tests --check-translations
# exit 0 = docs current, 1 = missing items / stale translation references

Translations are deliberately abridged quick-starts, so the translation guard only flags backticked ohbs-image <cmd> references that do not exist in the CLI — it does not require every command to appear in every language. The script reports exactly which subcommands/profiles README.md is missing, so you can fix the docs in one pass rather than watching CI fail.

Validate in a clean Docker environment

To avoid depending on your local Python state, you can also run the same check in an isolated container (installs ohbs-image from a freshly built wheel):

# Build the image; the build itself runs check_readme.py, so it succeeds only
# if README.md is current.
docker build -t ohbs-image:check-readme .

# Re-check a modified checkout without rebuilding:
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/app" ohbs-image:check-readme

The container exit code matches the script: 0 = docs current, 1 = missing items (the missing subcommands/profiles are printed to stderr).

To evaluate the deliverable itself — no cloud account, no spend — the same image also ships a try stage that runs the offline demo and writes the sample report into a bind-mounted directory:

docker build --target try -t ohbs-image:try .
docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)/out:/demo/out" ohbs-image:try
# → ./out/demo-report.html + demo-audit.json + ohbs-image.toml

CIS Benchmarks Disclaimer

Independent project — ohbs-image is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Center for Internet Security (CIS).

This tool applies hardening rules from CIS Benchmark recommendations. CIS Benchmarks are developed and maintained by the Center for Internet Security (CIS). The ohbs-os engine roles bundled in this repository are derived from susunola/ohbs-os and are provided under their respective licenses.

Running CIS hardening in apply mode modifies system configuration and may affect application compatibility. Always test hardened images in a staging environment before production use. Neither the CIS organization nor the authors of this tool guarantee complete compliance — official audit requires independent assessment using CIS-CAT or equivalent tools.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.