CDS Framework Toolkit and SLIDE

CDS Framework Toolkit is built on top of the SELinux Policy Editor, SLIDE. SLIDE provides features for deploying and testing the SELinux policy generated by CDS Framework Toolkit along with many other features. To switch to the SLIDE Perspective, from the top panel select Window -> Open Perspective -> Other...->SLIDE.

The Policy Explorer in SLIDE displays the generated SELinux policy, not the graphical framework policy. The SELinux policy module generated by CDS Framework Toolkit can be found in the cds layer. The module's name in SLIDE is 'cdsframework-' followed by the name of the system in CDS Framework Toolkit. Note that this module is generated from the CDS Framework Toolkit policy and any changes in this module will be lost when the policy is regenerated again in CDS Framework Toolkit. Therefore, changes to this module should be made from the CDS Framework Perspective rather than directly in SLIDE. However, it is safe to create other modules directly in SLIDE to modify the SELinux policy.

When custom policy is written for a particular policy item, a policy module is created for these customizations. This module is also in the cds layer and is named 'cds_custom_' followed by the name of the system in the CDS Framework Toolkit.