Chainguard Container for tileserver-gl

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/tileserver-gl:latest

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

Using tileserver-gl

To run the server, simply start the container - such as:

$ docker -p 8080:8080 run cgr.dev/chainguard/tileserver-gl
Starting tileserver-gl v5.0.0
No input file found
[DEMO] Downloading sample data (zurich_switzerland.mbtiles) from https://github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl/releases/download/v1.3.0/zurich_switzerland.mbtiles
[INFO] Automatically creating config file for zurich_switzerland.mbtiles
[INFO] Only a basic preview style will be used.
[INFO] See documentation to learn how to create config.json file.
Run with --verbose to see the config file here.
Starting server
Listening at http://[::]:8080/
Startup complete

This will expose the web application on port 8080.

By default, tileserver-gl downloads a sample vector tile, as stated in the logs.

To provide a downloaded set of tiles, simply mount them as /data directory - such as:

$ docker run -p 8080:8080 -v /path/to/downloaded-tiles-directory:/data:ro cgr.dev/chainguard/tileserver-gl

This will allow cause tileserver-gl to serve the tiles provided in directory above.

User

The image is using nonroot user account with UID / GID of 65532.

Differences to maptiler/tileserver-gl image

This image is not identical to the maptiler/tileserver-gl image. In particular:

• the image runs as user nonroot
• The underlying OS is Wolfi (which is glibc based) whereas the upstream image is based on Ubuntu

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

To better understand how to work with Chainguard Containers, please visit Chainguard Academy and Chainguard Courses.

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