Chainguard Container for nextflow-fips

Nextflow is a domain-specific language (DSL) for data-driven computational pipelines.

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/nextflow-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 designed to provide a secure and minimal environment for running Nextflow pipelines. The image is built on Wolfi, providing regular security updates and a minimal attack surface. Chainguard's Nextflow FIPS image maintains functional parity with the upstream image.

Getting Started

Start by pulling the image from your registry:

docker pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/nextflow-fips:latest

Then run a simple pipeline

docker run --rm -it cgr.dev/chainguard/nextflow-fips:latest nextflow run hello

This will download and run the "Hello World" pipeline from the Nextflow examples repository.

You can also get help with any command when using the Nextflow CLI by following any command with help. For example, the following command displays help for the general Nextflow CLI options and the available top-level commands:

docker run --rm -it cgr.dev/chainguard/nextflow-fips:latest nextflow help

Documentation and Resources

Please refer to the official Getting Started guide for more information.

• Nextflow Github Repository
• Nextflow 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.

Learn More

To better understand how to work with Chainguard Containers, please visit Chainguard Academy and Chainguard Courses.

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