Getting started with AppArmor

This section guides you through the practical steps of using AppArmor, from confining your first application to verifying your coverage. The tutorials are grouped by typical user roles but feel free to explore based on your needs.

For desktop users

Learn the basics of how AppArmor protects your system and how you can fix when it blocks an application in your system.

• Enable AppArmor and fix a denial

For system administrators

Learn the basics of how to manage AppArmor in a typical IT environment.

• Confine your first application
• Create a comprehensive profile manually
• Generate profiles with aa-genprof
• Integrate and manage AppArmor in your environment

For application developers

Learn how you can create profiles for your applications and make them more secure for your users.

• Confine your first application
• Create a comprehensive profile manually
• Generate profiles with aa-genprof

For security engineers

• Verify AppArmor coverage and audit profiles