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SeaBee System Requirements

SeaBee only works on Linux.

SeaBee needs root or 'sudo' or run.

We specifically run tests to ensure support on the following distributions:

  • Fedora 41, 42, 43
  • RHEL/Rocky 9
  • Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04

However, in theory, SeaBee should work on any Linux kernel 5.14+ since we do not rely on any features added after 5.14.

Fedora 41, 42, 43

Should work out of the box

RHEL/Rocky 9

Should work out of the box

Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04

As of Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu has the kernel config option CONFIG_BPF_LSM, but it does not enable BPF LSM by default. We must enable it in order for this code to work.

# get current LSM list
sudo cat /sys/kernel/security/lsm
# edit new GRUB config stub
sudo vim /etc/default/grub.d/99-bpf-lsm.cfg
# add a line with ",bpf" at the end with the current LSM list preceding, something like
# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="${GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT} lsm=lockdown,capability,landlock,yama,apparmor,bpf"
#
# update GRUB config
sudo update-grub
# reboot and check LSM list again
sudo reboot
sudo cat /sys/kernel/security/lsm
# If you see 'bpf' in the list, then you are good to go!

Other Distributions

If you have tested SeaBee on another distribution/environment, and have instructions for how you did it, please create a PR so we can add those steps to our documentation and benefit anyone who wants to use SeaBee!