Plugin SDK C++

Note: This project is experimental.

C++ header only library fo facilitate writing Falcosecurity plugins. Before using this library, review the developer's guide and the plugin API reference.

The library uses the C++11 standards.

Installation

You have got 2 choices: either install this library system wide before creating any plugin, include the library files manually, or use cmake FetchContent/ExternalProjectAdd like:

project(your_proj VERSION 1.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX)

set(YOUR_SRCS ...) # set the srcs for your plugin
add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${YOUR_SRCS})

#### Fetch plugin-sdk-cpp and link it to your target
include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(
  plugin-sdk-cpp
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/falcosecurity/plugin-sdk-cpp.git
  GIT_TAG        703bd9caab50b139428cea1aaff9974ebee5742e # desired git tag here
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(plugin-sdk-cpp)

target_link_library(${PROJECT_NAME} plugin-sdk-cpp)
####

Code formatting

The code style convention of this repository can be found in clang-format.

The chosen clang-format version is 15, which can be installed alongside the LLVM toolchain or as stand-alone through package managers (e.g. apt install clang-format-15).

It can also be found at:

• https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-15.0.7
• https://github.com/ssciwr/clang-format-wheel/releases/tag/v15.0.7

Most advanced editors and IDE can detect the .clang-format and let you format while working. Alternatively, you can run clang-format command manually as follows:

find . -iname *.h -o -iname *.cpp \
    | grep -v "internal/deps/" \
    | xargs clang-format-15 -i