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Sign UpA secure, minimal container image for the SPIFFE Helper utility that automates X.509 SVID certificate rotation for services that can't natively fetch X.509-SVIDs.
Chainguard Images are regularly-updated, minimal container images with low-to-zero CVEs.
This image is available on cgr.dev
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placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard registry.
This image is based on the upstream SPIFFE Helper utility, which automates X.509 SVID certificate rotation for services that can't natively fetch X.509-SVIDs. The image is built on Wolfi, providing regular security updates and a minimal attack surface. Additionally, Chainguard's SPIFFE Helper Fips image maintains compatibility with standard SPIFFE workload API socket locations, and is fully compatible with existing spiffe-helper configuration files.
The spiffe-helper-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
The spiffe-helper-fips
is designed to automate X.509-SVID certificate rotation for services. This guide demonstrates how to use the Chainguard SPIFFE-helper fips image with MySQL and SPIRE for secure TLS certificate management.
Start by cloning the Repository:
Then install SPIRE and its CRDs:
Next, deploy the MySQL client:
Wait for the client to be ready
Retrieve the client's certificate x500UniqueIdentifier
identifier:
Additionally, update the x500UniqueIdentifier
in custom-mysql-values.yaml
and replace the default ghcr.io/spiffe/spiffe-helper
image with the Chainguard FIPS image:
Following that, deploy MySQL with the above configuration:
Wait for MySQL to be ready
Now that it's running, you can test the connection:
If everything is working as expected, the mysql>
prompt will appear in your terminal:
If you have a Zendesk account (typically set up for you by your Customer Success Manager) you can reach out to Chainguard's Customer Success team through our Zendesk portal.
Chainguard Images are a collection of container images designed for security and minimalism.
Many Chainguard Images are distroless; they contain only an open-source application and its runtime dependencies. These images do not even contain a shell or package manager. Chainguard Images are built with Wolfi, our Linux undistro designed to produce container images that meet the requirements of a secure software supply chain.
The main features of Chainguard Images include:
-dev
VariantsAs mentioned previously, Chainguard’s distroless Images have no shell or package manager by default. This is great for security, but sometimes you need these things, especially in builder images. For those cases, most (but not all) Chainguard Images come paired with a -dev
variant which does include a shell and package manager.
Although the -dev
image variants have similar security features as their distroless versions, such as complete SBOMs and signatures, they feature additional software that is typically not necessary in production environments. The general recommendation is to use the -dev
variants only to build the application and then copy all application artifacts into a distroless image, which will result in a final container image that has a minimal attack surface and won’t allow package installations or logins.
That being said, it’s worth noting that -dev
variants of Chainguard Images are completely fine to run in production environments. After all, the -dev
variants are still more secure than many popular container images based on fully-featured operating systems such as Debian and Ubuntu since they carry less software, follow a more frequent patch cadence, and offer attestations for what they include.
To better understand how to work with Chainguard Images, we encourage you to visit Chainguard Academy, our documentation and education platform.
Chainguard Images contain software packages that are direct or transitive dependencies. The following licenses were found in the "latest" version of this image:
Apache-2.0
GCC-exception-3.1
GPL-3.0-or-later
LGPL-2.1-or-later
MIT
MPL-2.0
For a complete list of licenses, please refer to this Image's SBOM.
Software license agreementThis is a FIPS validated image for FedRAMP compliance.
This image is STIG hardened and scanned against the DISA General Purpose Operating System SRG with reports available.
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