Dockle
Container Image Linter for Security, Helping build the Best-Practice Docker Image, Easy to start
Install / Use
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Dockle - Container Image Linter for Security, Helping build the Best-Practice Docker Image, Easy to start
Dockle helps you:
- Build Best Practice Docker images
- Build secure Docker images
- Checkpoints includes CIS Benchmarks
$ brew untap goodwithtech/dockle # who use 0.1.16 or older version
$ brew install goodwithtech/r/dockle
$ dockle [YOUR_IMAGE_NAME]
See Installation and Common Examples
<img src="imgs/dockle.png" width="800">Checkpoints Comparison
<img src="imgs/cis-benchmark-comparison.png" width="800"> <img src="imgs/original-checkpoint-comparison.png" width="800">TOC
- Features
- Comparison
- Installation
- Quick Start
- Checkpoint Summary
- Common Examples
- Continuous Integration
- Checkpoint Details
- CIS's Docker Image Checkpoints
- Dockle Checkpoints for Docker
- Dockle Checkpoints for Linux
- Credits
- Roadmap
Features
- Detect container's vulnerabilities
- Helping build best-practice Dockerfile
- Simple usage
- Specify only the image name
- See Quick Start and Common Examples
- CIS Benchmarks Support
- High accuracy
- DevSecOps
- Suitable for CI such as Travis CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.
- See CI Example
Comparison
| | Dockle | Hadolint | Docker Bench for Security | Clair | |--- |---:|---:|---:|---:| | Target | Image | Dockerfile | Host<br/>Docker Daemon<br/>Image<br/>Container Runtime | Image | | How to run | Binary | Binary | ShellScript | Binary | | Dependency | No | No | Some dependencies | No | | CI Suitable | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | | Purpose |Security Audit<br/>Dockerfile Lint| Dockerfile Lint | Security Audit<br/>Dockerfile Lint | Scan Vulnerabilities |
Installation
Homebrew (Mac OS X / Linux and WSL)
You can use Homebrew on Mac OS X or Linux and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
$ brew install goodwithtech/r/dockle
RHEL/CentOS
VERSION=$(
curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/latest" | \
grep '"tag_name":' | \
sed -E 's/.*"v([^"]+)".*/\1/' \
) && rpm -ivh https://github.com/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/download/v${VERSION}/dockle_${VERSION}_Linux-64bit.rpm
Debian/Ubuntu
VERSION=$(
curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/latest" | \
grep '"tag_name":' | \
sed -E 's/.*"v([^"]+)".*/\1/' \
) && curl -L -o dockle.deb https://github.com/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/download/v${VERSION}/dockle_${VERSION}_Linux-64bit.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i dockle.deb && rm dockle.deb
Arch Linux
dockle can be installed from the Arch User Repository using dockle or dockle-bin package.
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/dockle-bin.git
cd dockle-bin
makepkg -sri
Windows
VERSION=$(
curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/latest" | \
grep '"tag_name":' | \
sed -E 's/.*"v([^"]+)".*/\1/' \
) && curl -L -o dockle.zip https://github.com/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/download/v${VERSION}/dockle_${VERSION}_Windows-64bit.zip
$ unzip dockle.zip && rm dockle.zip
$ ./dockle.exe [IMAGE_NAME]
Microsoft PowerShell 7
if (((Invoke-WebRequest "https://api.github.com/repos/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/latest").Content) -match '"tag_name":"v(?<ver>[^"]+)"') {
$VERSION=$Matches.ver &&
Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/download/v${VERSION}/dockle_${VERSION}_Windows-64bit.zip" -OutFile dockle.zip &&
Expand-Archive dockle.zip && Remove-Item dockle.zip }
Binary
You can get the latest version binary from releases page.
Download the archive file for your operating system/architecture. Unpack the archive, and put the binary somewhere in your $PATH (on UNIX-y systems, /usr/local/bin or the like).
- NOTE: Make sure that it's execution bits turned on. (
chmod +x dockle)
asdf
You can install dockle with the asdf version manager with this plugin, which automates the process of installing (and switching between) various versions of github release binaries. With asdf already installed, run these commands to install dockle:
# Add dockle plugin
asdf plugin add dockle
# Show all installable versions
asdf list-all dockle
# Install specific version
asdf install dockle latest
# Set a version globally (on your ~/.tool-versions file)
asdf global dockle latest
# Now dockle commands are available
dockle --version
From source
$ GO111MODULE=off go get github.com/goodwithtech/dockle/cmd/dockle
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/goodwithtech/dockle && GO111MODULE=on go build -o $GOPATH/bin/dockle cmd/dockle/main.go
Use Docker
There's a Dockle image on Docker Hub also. You can try dockle before installing the command.
$ VERSION=$(
curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/latest" | \
grep '"tag_name":' | \
sed -E 's/.*"v([^"]+)".*/\1/' \
) && docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
goodwithtech/dockle:v${VERSION} [YOUR_IMAGE_NAME]
You only need -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock when you'd like to scan the image on your host machine.
Quick Start
Basic
Simply specify an image name (and a tag).
$ dockle [YOUR_IMAGE_NAME]
<details>
<summary>Result</summary>
FATAL - CIS-DI-0009: Use COPY instead of ADD in Dockerfile
* Use COPY : /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:81c0a803075715d1a6b4f75a29f8a01b21cc170cfc1bff6702317d1be2fe71a3 in /app/credentials.json
FATAL - CIS-DI-0010: Do not store credential in ENVIRONMENT vars/files
* Suspicious filename found : app/credentials.json
FATAL - DKL-DI-0005: Clear apt-get caches
* Use 'rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists' after 'apt-get install' : /bin/sh -c apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
FATAL - DKL-LI-0001: Avoid empty password
* No password user found! username : nopasswd
WARN - CIS-DI-0001: Create a user for the container
* Last user should not be root
INFO - CIS-DI-0005: Enable Content trust for Docker
* export DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 before docker pull/build
INFO - CIS-DI-0008: Confirm safety of setuid/setgid files
* setuid file: app/suid.txt urw-r--r--
* setgid file: app/gid.txt grw-r--r--
* setuid file: usr/bin/gpasswd urwxr-xr-x
* setgid file: usr/bin/wall grwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: bin/su urwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: bin/umount urwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: bin/mount urwxr-xr-x
* setgid file: usr/bin/ssh-agent grwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: etc/shadow urw-r-----
* setuid file: usr/bin/chsh urwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: usr/bin/chfn urwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: usr/lib/openssh/ssh-keysign urwxr-xr-x
* setgid file: etc/passwd grw-r--r--
* setgid file: sbin/unix_chkpwd grwxr-xr-x
* setgid file: usr/bin/chage grwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: usr/bin/passwd urwxr-xr-x
* setgid file: usr/bin/expiry grwxr-xr-x
* setuid file: usr/bin/newgrp urwxr-xr-x
IGNORE - CIS-DI-0006: Add HEALTHCHECK instruction to the container image
</details>
Docker
Also, you can use Docker to use dockle command as follow.
$ export DOCKLE_LATEST=$(
curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/goodwithtech/dockle/releases/latest" | \
grep '"tag_name":' | \
sed -E 's/.*"v([^"]+)".*/\1/' \
)
$ docker run --rm goodwithtech/dockle:v${DOCKLE_LATEST} [YOUR_IMAGE_NAME]
-
If you'd like to scan the image on your host machine, you need to mount
docker.sock.$ docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.so
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