Chainguard Container for spicedb-operator-fips

This is the FIPS-compliant variant of the SpiceDB Operator, a Kubernetes operator for managing SpiceDB clusters, providing automated deployment, scaling, and management of SpiceDB instances.

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-operator-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

The Chainguard spicedb-operator image is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the upstream authzed/spicedb-operator image.

FIPS Support

The spicedb-operator-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

Installing the SpiceDB Operator

To install the FIPS-compliant SpiceDB Operator on your Kubernetes cluster, first download the operator bundle:

curl -LO https://github.com/authzed/spicedb-operator/releases/latest/download/bundle.yaml

Then replace the operator image with the Chainguard FIPS image and apply:

sed -i 's|ghcr.io/authzed/spicedb-operator:.*|cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/spicedb-operator-fips:latest|g' bundle.yaml
kubectl apply --server-side -f bundle.yaml

Creating a SpiceDB Cluster with FIPS-Compliant Components

Once the operator is installed, you can create a SpiceDB cluster using FIPS-compliant images:

kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: spicedb-config
  namespace: default
stringData:
  preshared_key: "somerandomkeyatleastthirtytwocharacters"
  datastore_uri: "memory://"
---
apiVersion: authzed.com/v1alpha1
kind: SpiceDBCluster
metadata:
  name: spicedb
  namespace: default
spec:
  config:
    replicas: 1
    datastoreEngine: memory
    # Use FIPS-compliant SpiceDB image:
    image: "cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/spicedb-fips:latest"
  secretName: spicedb-config
EOF

For detailed configuration options, see the SpiceDB Operator documentation.

Documentation and Resources

• SpiceDB Operator Documentation
• SpiceDB Documentation
• SpiceDB on GitHub

Additional FIPS-related resources:

• Chainguard FIPS Images 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

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