emqx-exporter-fips

Chainguard Container for emqx-exporter-fips

The emqx-exporter is designed to expose partial metrics that are not included in the EMQX Prometheus API.

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/emqx-exporter-fips:latest

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

Compatibility Notes

This image is based on the upstream emqx-exporter image, with the following differences:

• Like all other Chainguard Containers, emqx-exporter-fips features a stripped down, minimal design container image
• It has few-to-zero CVEs
• FIPS Compliance: Ships with validated redistribution of OpenSSL's FIPS provider module for environments requiring FIPS 140-3 compliance

FIPS Support

This Chainguard Container ships with a validated redistribution of OpenSSL's FIPS provider module. For more on FIPS support in Chainguard Containers, consult the guide on FIPS-enabled Chainguard Containers on Chainguard Academy.

These changes are intended to optimize app performance while maintaining FIPS compliance and keeping the image aligned with the latest platform capabilities.

Chainguard's EMQX Exporter FIPS image is smaller in size compared to the original image and has few-to-zero CVEs.

Getting Started

EMQX Exporter can be deployed either as a standalone container or inside a Kubernetes cluster. This section provides minimal examples to help you start the service using the supported deployment methods.

Running with Docker

git clone https://github.com/emqx/emqx-exporter
cd emqx-exporter/examples/docker-compose

# Replace the emqx-exporter image with the Wolfi variant:
IMAGE="cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/emqx-exporter-fips:latest" yq -i '.services."emqx-exporter".image = env(IMAGE)' docker-compose.yml

# Start the deployment
docker-compose up -d

You should now see the exported metrics in prometheus&grafana. You can also query them via promtool:

# Check the exposed metrics
curl http://localhost:8085/metrics
# Query the metrics
promtool query instant http://localhost:9090 emqx_cluster_status

Running with Kubernetes

git clone https://github.com/emqx/emqx-exporter
cd emqx-exporter

# Replace the emqx-exporter image with the Wolfi variant:
IMAGE="cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/emqx-exporter-fips:latest"  yq -i '
(. | select(.kind == "Deployment" and .metadata.name == "emqx-exporter")
    | .spec.template.spec.containers[]
    | select(.name == "exporter")
    | .image) = env(IMAGE)
' examples/kubernetes/resources/emqx-exporter.yaml

# Install EMQX-Operator
helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io
helm repo update
helm upgrade --install cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager \
  --namespace cert-manager \
  --create-namespace \
  --set crds.enabled=true
helm repo add emqx https://repos.emqx.io/charts
helm repo update
helm upgrade --install emqx-operator emqx/emqx-operator \
  --namespace emqx-operator-system \
  --create-namespace
kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pods -l "control-plane=controller-manager" -n emqx-operator-system

# Install CRDs for prometheus stack
git clone https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus.git
cd kube-prometheus
kubectl apply --server-side -f manifests/setup
kubectl wait \
	--for condition=Established \
	--all CustomResourceDefinition \
	--namespace=monitoring

# Install EMQX & EMQX Exporter
cd ..
kubectl apply -k examples/kubernetes --server-side

You should now see the exported metrics in prometheus&grafana. You can also query them via promtool:

# Expose the emqx-exporter service 
kubectl port-forward svc/emqx-exporter-service 8085:8085

# Check the exposed metrics
curl http://localhost:8085/metrics

# Expose the prometheus service
kubectl -n monitoring port-forward svc/prometheus-k8s 9090:9090

# Query the metrics
promtool query instant http://localhost:9090 emqx_cluster_status

Documentation and Resources

For more information about Emqx-Exporter in container images, please refer to the emqx website or to the official repository.

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