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Chainguard Container for cluster-api-aws-controller-fips

Kubernetes Cluster API Provider AWS provides consistent deployment and day 2 operations of "self-managed" and EKS Kubernetes clusters on AWS

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/cluster-api-aws-controller-fips:latest

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

FIPS Support

The cluster-api-aws-controller-fips Chainguard Image ships with a validated redistribution of the OpenSSL's FIPS provider module. For more on FIPS support in Chainguard Images, consult the guide on FIPS-enabled Chainguard Images on Chainguard Academy

Compatibility Notes

Chainguard's cluster-api-aws-controller image is compatible with the upstream Cluster API Provider AWS. This image contains only the minimum set of dependencies needed to run the AWS infrastructure provider components.

Getting Started

The Cluster API Provider for AWS enables you to create and manage Kubernetes clusters on Amazon Web Services using Cluster API. It provides declarative APIs for provisioning and managing AWS infrastructure resources including EC2 instances, VPCs, load balancers, and security groups.

Prerequisites

  • A management cluster with Cluster API core components installed
  • clusterctl CLI tool
  • Amazon Web Services account with appropriate permissions
  • AWS credentials configured (AWS CLI, IAM roles, or environment variables)

Installation

Initialize the AWS infrastructure provider using clusterctl:

clusterctl init --infrastructure aws

Or manually install using the Chainguard image by applying the InfrastructureProvider resource:

kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: operator.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
kind: InfrastructureProvider
metadata:
  name: aws
  namespace: aws-infrastructure-system
spec:
  version: v2.8.4
  configSecret:
    name: aws-credentials
  deployment:
    containers:
    - name: manager
      imageUrl: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/cluster-api-aws-controller-fips:latest
EOF

Usage Example

Create an AWS cluster using Cluster API resources:

apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta2
kind: AWSCluster
metadata:
  name: my-aws-cluster
  namespace: default
spec:
  region: us-east-1
  network:
    vpc:
      id: ""
  controlPlaneEndpoint:
    host: "1.2.3.4"
    port: 6443
---
apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta2
kind: AWSMachineTemplate
metadata:
  name: my-cluster-control-plane
  namespace: default
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      instanceType: t3.medium
      ami:
        id: ami-12345678
      publicIP: true
      rootVolume:
        size: 50
        type: gp3

Configuration

The controller requires AWS credentials with the following IAM permissions:

  • EC2 Full Access or equivalent granular permissions
  • ELB (Elastic Load Balancer) management permissions
  • VPC and networking management permissions
  • IAM permissions for service-linked roles

Create and configure the credentials secret:

kubectl create secret generic aws-credentials \
  --from-literal="AWS_B64ENCODED_CREDENTIALS=$(base64 -w0 < ./aws-credentials)" \
  --namespace aws-infrastructure-system

Where aws-credentials file contains:

[default]
aws_access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID
aws_secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Documentation and Resources

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:

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.

Learn More

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Licenses

Chainguard container images contain software packages that are direct or transitive dependencies. The following licenses were found in the "latest" tag of this image:

  • Apache-2.0

  • GCC-exception-3.1

  • GPL-3.0-or-later

  • LGPL-2.1-or-later

  • MIT

  • MPL-2.0

For a complete list of licenses, please refer to this Image's SBOM.

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Compliance

This is a FIPS validated image for FedRAMP compliance.

This image is STIG hardened and scanned against the DISA General Purpose Operating System SRG with reports available.

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