Chainguard Container for spicedb-fips

This is the FIPS-compliant varian of Spice db an open-source authorization database inspired by Google's Zanzibar, providing scalable and fine-grained access control for applications.

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/spicedb-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

FIPS Support

The spicedb-fips Chainguard Image ships with a validated redistribution of the OpenSSL's FIPS provider module. For more on FIPS support in Chainguard Images, consult the guide on FIPS-enabled Chainguard Images on Chainguard Academy

Getting Started

Running with Docker

To quickly test SpiceDB locally, run the following command:

docker run -d \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/spicedb-fips:latest \
  serve \
  --grpc-preshared-key "somerandomkeyatleastthirtytwocharacters"

Deploying to Kubernetes with the SpiceDB Operator

The recommended way to deploy SpiceDB on Kubernetes is using the SpiceDB Operator. First, install the operator:

kubectl apply --server-side -f https://github.com/authzed/spicedb-operator/releases/latest/download/bundle.yaml

Then create a SpiceDB cluster:

kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: spicedb-config
stringData:
  preshared_key: "somerandomkeyatleastthirtytwocharacters"
---
apiVersion: authzed.com/v1alpha1
kind: SpiceDBCluster
metadata:
  name: spicedb
spec:
  config:
    image: "cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/spicedb-fips:latest"
  secretName: spicedb-config
EOF

Note: The SpiceDB operator v1.20.1 has a bug that incorrectly parses image references containing ports (e.g., registry:5000/image). If you encounter image pull errors with such references, use the workaround of patching the deployment after creation instead of specifying the image in the CR.

Documentation and Resources

• Official SpiceDB Documentation
• SpiceDB on GitHub
• SpiceDB Playground - Interactive environment for testing schemas

Additional FIPS-related resources:

• Chainguard FIPS Images Documentation

What are Chainguard Containers?

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All other Chainguard Containers are built with Chainguard OS, Chainguard's minimal Linux operating system 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 development, or -dev, variant.

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Although the -dev container image variants have similar security features as their more minimal versions, they include additional software that is typically not necessary in production environments. We recommend using multi-stage builds to copy artifacts from the -dev variant into a more minimal production image.

Need additional packages?

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To use Custom Assembly in the Chainguard Console: navigate to the image you'd like to customize in your Organization's list of images, and click on the Customize image button at the top of the page.

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