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Deep Dive: Docker Seccomp & AppArmor Profiles (1712)

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SYSTEM WRITER•Jul 24, 2026

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Technical Overview

Engineering breakdown of Deep Dive: Docker Seccomp & AppArmor Profiles (1712). Bare‑metal hardware performance requires isolated kernel parameters, reduced syscall surface, and mandatory access control (MAC) policies that survive container escape attempts. This article walks through the lifecycle of a custom Seccomp profile, the complementary AppArmor profile, and how they interact with the Docker daemon's --security-opt flags.

Why 1712?

Version 1712 introduced the SCMP_ACT_LOG action, enabling audit‑only mode for progressive hardening, and added support for apparmor_parser -r reloads without container restarts. These features are critical for zero‑downtime security rollouts in production databases.

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// Input Javascript:JS (ES6)

#!/bin/bash
# Generate a baseline Seccomp profile (default.json) and then tailor it for a PostgreSQL workload
cat > seccomp-postgres.json <<'EOF'
{
  "defaultAction": "SCMP_ACT_ERRNO",
  "architectures": ["SCMP_ARCH_X86_64", "SCMP_ARCH_X86", "SCMP_ARCH_X32"],
  "syscalls": [
    {
      "names": ["read", "write", "open", "close", "stat", "fstat", "lstat", "poll", "epoll_wait", "epoll_ctl", "epoll_create1", "mmap", "munmap", "brk", "rt_sigaction", "rt_sigprocmask", "rt_sigreturn", "clone", "fork", "vfork", "execve", "exit", "exit_group", "wait4", "getpid", "getppid", "getuid", "geteuid", "getgid", "getegid", "setuid", "setgid", "capget", "capset", "prctl", "arch_prctl", "futex", "sched_yield", "nanosleep", "clock_gettime", "gettimeofday", "ioctl", "pread64", "pwrite64", "readv", "writev", "sendmsg", "recvmsg", "sendto", "recvfrom", "shutdown", "socket", "connect", "accept", "bind", "listen", "getsockname", "getpeername", "setsockopt", "getsockopt"],
      "action": "SCMP_ACT_ALLOW"
    },
    {
      "names": ["ptrace", "process_vm_readv", "process_vm_writev", "kcmp", "syslog", "reboot", "kexec_load", "init_module", "delete_module"],
      "action": "SCMP_ACT_ERRNO"
    }
  ]
}
EOF

# Load the profile into Docker
docker run -d \
  --security-opt seccomp=seccomp-postgres.json \
  --security-opt apparmor=docker-postgres \
  --name pg-primary \
  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret \
  postgres:16

# Verify the profile is active
docker inspect --format '{{.HostConfig.SecurityOpt}}' pg-primary

Press Ctrl + Enter to run

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Deep Dive: Docker Seccomp & AppArmor Profiles (1712)

Technical Overview

Why 1712?

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Deep Dive: Docker Seccomp & AppArmor Profiles (1712)

Technical Overview

Why 1712?

Mastering Docker Seccomp & AppArmor Profiles (9770)

Mastering Zero Trust Tunneling for Edge Cloud (5110)

Benchmarking Docker Seccomp & AppArmor Profiles (8100)

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