Chainguard Container for kubernetes-dashboard-metrics-scraper

Module containing the Kubernetes metrics scraper module of the Kubernetes dashboard application

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/kubernetes-dashboard-metrics-scraper:latest

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

The kubernetes-dashboard-metrics-scraper component is responsible for the front-end user interface and contains both the Angular-based web application and a Go server that handles web-specific logic like settings management. This component serves as the main point of interaction, displaying data retrieved from the Kubernetes API via the API module.

Usage

To deploy the kubernetes-dashboard-metrics-scraper using Helm, follow these steps:

helm repo add kubernetes-dashboard https://kubernetes.github.io/dashboard/
helm install kubernetes-dashboard kubernetes-dashboard/kubernetes-dashboard --namespace kubernetes-dashboard --create-namespace \
--set web.image.repository = cgr.dev/chainguard/kubernetes-dashboard-metrics-scraper \
--set web.image.tag = latest

Accessing the Dashboard

To interact with the Dashboard securely, set up a Service Account with necessary permissions. Create a Bearer Token for ServiceAccount and Use kubectl proxy to access Dashboard with a simple URL.

For more in-depth details about the Kubernetes Dashboard and its components, refer to:

Kubernetes Dashboard GitHub Development Documentation Accessing the Dashboard Guide Access Control Documentation

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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