Chainguard Container for temporal-admin-tools

Administrative command-line tools for Temporal workflow management

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/temporal-admin-tools:latest

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

Compatibility Notes

Chainguard's temporal-admin-tools container image is comparable to the temporalio/admin-tools image, but does NOT contain the legacy tctl command-line tool.

tctl is deprecated and will reach End of Support on September 30, 2025, after which it is expected to be removed from the upstream image. Users should migrate to the modern temporal CLI, which provides equivalent functionality and is actively maintained.

Getting Started

The temporal-admin-tools image is designed to run alongside a Temporal deployment and provide administrative access through command-line tools.

Deploy with Helm

The recommended way to deploy Temporal with admin tools is using the official Helm chart.

Add the Temporal Helm repository:

helm repo add temporalio https://go.temporal.io/helm-charts
helm repo update

Create a values.yaml file to use the Chainguard image:

admintools:
  enabled: true
  image:
    repository: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/temporal-admin-tools
    tag: latest

# Optional: If deploying temporal and you wish to leverage the Chainguard image
# for the charts dependency on 'elasticsearch':
elasticsearch:
  image: cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/elasticsearch
  imageTag: "7"

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

Install Temporal with admin tools:

helm install temporal temporalio/temporal -f values.yaml

Access Administrative Tools

Once deployed, you can access the admin tools container:

kubectl exec -it deployment/temporal-admintools -- /bin/bash

From within the container, you can run administrative commands:

# List namespaces
temporal operator namespace list

# Check cluster health
temporal operator cluster health

# Manage database schemas
temporal-cassandra-tool setup-schema

Standalone Usage

You can also run the container directly for development or testing:

docker run -it --rm cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/temporal-admin-tools:latest /bin/bash

Documentation and Resources

For more information on using Temporal administrative tools, refer to:

• Temporal CLI documentation
• Temporal Helm Charts
• Self-hosted Temporal deployment guide

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