Chainguard Container for redisinsight

Redis GUI by Redis

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/redisinsight:latest

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

Compatibility Notes

RedisInsight is a free GUI for Redis that provides visualization, analysis, and debugging capabilities for Redis and Redis Stack. Chainguard's RedisInsight container image is comparable to the official RedisInsight images available on Docker Hub. However, the Chainguard image contains only the minimum set of tools and dependencies needed to function. This means it does not include things like a shell or a package manager.

The Chainguard RedisInsight image is built from the official RedisInsight source and provides the same web-based interface for managing Redis databases.

One important note is that the Chainguard RedisInsight image does not ship with RI_SEGMENT_WRITE_KEY environment variable set so you have to set it manually. You can obtain a Segment Write Key by signing up for a free account at Segment.

Getting Started

The quickest way to get started with this image is by using Docker:

docker run --rm -it \
  -v redisinsight:/db \
  -p 5540:5540 \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/redisinsight:latest

Once the container is running, you can access the RedisInsight web interface at http://localhost:5540.

Connecting to Redis

After accessing the web interface, you can add Redis database connections by clicking "Add Redis Database" and providing the connection details:

• For local Redis instances, use host.docker.internal as the hostname (on macOS/Windows) or the host IP address
• For remote Redis instances, use the appropriate hostname/IP and port
• Provide authentication credentials if required

Using with Docker Compose

You can also deploy RedisInsight alongside Redis using Docker Compose:

version: '3.8'
services:
  redis:
    image: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/redis:latest
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"
    
  redisinsight:
    image: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/redisinsight:latest
    ports:
      - "5540:5540"
    depends_on:
      - redis

Using with Kubernetes

You can follow up the official documentation about how to deploy RedisInsight on Kubernetes: Deploying RedisInsight on Kubernetes.

But basically this is a simple example of a Kubernetes Deployment and Service for RedisInsight:

# Redis Insight service with name 'redisinsight-service'
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: redisinsight-service       # name should not be 'redisinsight'
                                   # since the service creates
                                   # environment variables that
                                   # conflicts with redisinsight
                                   # application's environment
                                   # variables `RI_APP_HOST` and
                                   # `RI_APP_PORT`
spec:
  type: LoadBalancer
  ports:
    - port: 80
      targetPort: 5540
  selector:
    app: redisinsight
---
# Redis Insight deployment with name 'redisinsight'
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: redisinsight #deployment name
  labels:
    app: redisinsight #deployment label
spec:
  replicas: 1 #a single replica pod
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: redisinsight #which pods is the deployment managing, as defined by the pod template
  template: #pod template
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: redisinsight #label for pod/s
    spec:
      containers:

      - name:  redisinsight #Container name (DNS_LABEL, unique)
        image: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/redisinsight:latest #Container image name
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent #Installs the latest Redis Insight version
        volumeMounts:
        - name: redisinsight #Pod volumes to mount into the container's filesystem. Cannot be updated.
          mountPath: /data
        ports:
        - containerPort: 5540 #exposed container port and protocol
          protocol: TCP
      volumes:
      - name: redisinsight
        emptyDir: {} # node-ephemeral volume https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#emptydir

then apply it with:

kubectl apply -f redisinsight-deployment.yaml

Redis Insight also provides a health check endpoint at http://localhost:5540/api/health/ to monitor the health of the running container.

Documentation and Resources

• RedisInsight Official Documentation
• RedisInsight GitHub Repository
• Redis Official 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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