Chainguard Container for apache-apisix

Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API Gateway.

Chainguard Containers are regularly-updated, secure-by-default container images.

Download this Container Image

For those with access, this container image is available on cgr.dev:

docker pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/apache-apisix:latest

Be sure to replace the ORGANIZATION placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard Registry.

Compatibility Notes

The Chainguard APISIX image is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the upstream apache/apisix image. Like most Chainguard images, this container image is minimal and does not include unnecessary components such as a package manager, while maintaining full compatibility.

Getting Started

The APISIX image can be deployed to Kubernetes via Helm, or with Docker. In the examples below, be sure to replace the ORGANIZATION placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard Registry.

Installation with Helm

When deploying on Kubernetes with Helm, you pull and install the official APISIX chart from the API7 repository:

helm repo add apisix https://charts.apiseven.com
helm repo update

The chart's values.yaml contains an image section where you can specify which container to deploy:

image:
  repository: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/apache-apisix
  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent  
  # Overrides the image tag; defaults to the chart's appVersion
  tag: latest

To deploy the Chainguard image, use helm install with the above values.yaml:

helm upgrade --install apisix apisix/apisix \
  --namespace apisix \
  --values values.yaml

Running with Docker

To run APISIX using Docker, you can use the following command:

docker run -d --name apisix \
  --network apisix \
  -p 9080:9080 -p 9443:9443 \
  -v $(pwd)/example/apisix_conf/config.yaml:/usr/local/apisix/conf/config.yaml \
  -v $(pwd)/example/apisix_log:/usr/local/apisix/logs \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/apache-apisix:latest

See the following below resources for further usage details.

Resources

• Getting Started
• APISIX Installation Guide
• apache/apisix on Dockerhub
• APISIX Helm Chart
• APISIX Github Repository

What are Chainguard Containers?

Chainguard Containers are minimal container images that are secure by default.

In many cases, the Chainguard Containers tagged as :latest contain only an open-source application and its runtime dependencies. These minimal container images typically do not contain a shell or package manager. Chainguard Containers are built with Wolfi, our Linux undistro designed to produce container images that meet the requirements of a more secure software supply chain.

The main features of Chainguard Containers include:

• Minimal design, without unnecessary software bloat
• Daily builds to ensure container images are up-to-date with available security patches
• High quality build-time SBOMs attesting to the provenance of all artifacts within the image
• Verifiable signatures provided by Sigstore
• Reproducible builds with Cosign and apko (read more about reproducibility)

For cases where you need container images with shells and package managers to build or debug, most Chainguard Containers come paired with a -dev variant.

Although the -dev container image variants have similar security features as their more minimal versions, they feature additional software that is typically not necessary in production environments. We recommend using multi-stage builds to leverage the -dev variants, copying application artifacts into a final minimal container that offers a reduced attack surface that won’t allow package installations or logins.

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