Chainguard Container for hubble-export-stdout-fips

FIPS-compliant hubble-export-stdout exports Hubble data to stdout.

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/hubble-export-stdout-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

The Chainguard hubble-export-stdout-fips image is compatible with the quay.io/cilium/hubble-export-stdout image with the following charecteristics:

• Minimal, distroless design with only the essential runtime dependencies
• Built on Chainguard's secure base images with minimal CVEs
• Compatible with Cilium's Hubble observability framework

The image runs as root similar to the upstream image to ensure its capable of reading logs written with varying permissions.

Prerequisites

To use hubble-export-stdout-fips, you need:

• A Kubernetes cluster with Cilium installed
• Hubble observability enabled in your Cilium configuration

For detailed setup instructions, refer to the Cilium Hubble documentation.

Getting Started

Kubernetes Deployment with Tetragon Helm Chart

A common deployment method is as a sidecar container in Tetragon pods using the official Helm chart:

# Add the Cilium Helm repository
helm repo add cilium https://helm.cilium.io
helm repo update

# Install Tetragon with stdout export enabled
helm install tetragon cilium/tetragon \
  --set export.stdout.enabled=true \
  --set export.stdout.image.repository=cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/hubble-export-stdout \
  --set export.stdout.image.tag=latest

This configuration adds an export-stdout sidecar container to each Tetragon DaemonSet pod that reads security events from Tetragon's log file and streams them to stdout for Kubernetes log collection.

Basic Docker Usage

For testing purposes, you can run the container directly:

# Run with file tailing
docker run --rm -v /path/to/events:/data:ro \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/hubble-export-stdout:latest \
  tail -f /data/sample-events.json

Documentation and Resources

• Cilium Hubble Documentation
• hubble-export-stdout GitHub Repository
• Hubble Export Configuration

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