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Sign UpClang is a compiler front end for the C, C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++ programming languages, as well as the OpenMP, OpenCL, RenderScript, CUDA, SYCL, and HIP frameworks
Chainguard Containers are regularly-updated, secure-by-default container images.
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To illustrate working with the Clang Chainguard Image, this section outlines how you can use it to compile a "Hello World!" program written in C.
To begin, run the following command to create a file named hello.c
to hold the C code.
To simplify cleanup, this command places the file in the /tmp
temporary directory.
Next, run the following docker
command. This will mount the contents of your local /tmp
directory (including the hello.c
file) into the container's work
directory. Once there, Clang will compile the C code into an executable program named hello
.
The hello
program will be stored back in your local /tmp
directory. You can test that everything worked correctly by executing this program.
Be aware that, depending on your local machine's operating system, you may not be able to execute this file directly like this. This may be because the program is built with Wolfi. This creates an executable in the Executable and Linkable Format, the standard file format for Linux executables. Other systems might expect a different format; for example, this executable can't run directly on MacOS systems, which instead expect the Mach-O format. It could also be that your machine's /tmp
directory was mounted with the noexec
option, preventing anything stored in that directory from being executed.
If you receive an error when trying to run the hello
program, you can try using another Wolfi-based image to execute it, like so.
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:
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.
To better understand how to work with Chainguard Containers, please visit Chainguard Academy and Chainguard Courses.
In addition to Containers, Chainguard offers VMs and Libraries. Contact Chainguard to access additional products.
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Chainguard container images contain software packages that are direct or transitive dependencies. The following licenses were found in the "latest" version of this image:
Apache-2.0
BSD-2-Clause
CC-BY-4.0
GCC-exception-3.1
GPL-2.0
GPL-2.0-only
GPL-2.0-or-later
For a complete list of licenses, please refer to this Image's SBOM.
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