Chainguard Container for mongodb

MongoDB is a document-oriented database management system. MongoDB is a popular example of a NoSQL database, and stores data in JSON-like documents.

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/mongodb:latest

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

Compatibility Notes

Chainguard's MongoDB container image is comparable to the official mongo image available on Docker Hub.

Like most of Chainguard's images, the MongoDB image does not operate as the root user and includes only the minimum packages needed to function. This means it doesn't include things like a shell or package manager.

Getting Started

Here's one example of how Chainguard's MongoDB container image can be run:

docker run -d --rm -it -p 27017:27017 cgr.dev/chainguard/mongodb --bind_ip_all --noauth

This example includes Docker's -d argument, which will cause the container to run in the background, as well as the -p argument, which publishes the container's port 27017 to the host machine's port 27017. It also includes MongoDB's --bind_ip_all and --noauth arguments. These bind the mongod process to all IP addresses and instruct it to run without security, respectively.

These selections are not recommended for production environments, but they are useful for testing that the MongoDB image is working properly.

Following that, connect to the MongoDB deployment with mongosh, the MongoDB shell:

mongosh --port 27017

Once connected, you can interact with the running MongoDB instance. For example, you can insert a new document:

test> db.products.insertOne( { item: "card", qty: 15 } )
{
  acknowledged: true,
  insertedIds: { '0': ObjectId('662141e9a1519b8bd2ac3fc4') }
}

You can also run mongosh methods and commands to interact with the MongoDB deployment. For example, show collections will list the collection you just created with the previous insertOne method:

test> show collections
products

Documentation and Resources

• MongoDB Documentation
• Upstream mongo image

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.

Learn More

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