Chainguard Containers

This article works through porting a small but complete application to use Chainguard Containers. As we'll see, this is relatively straightforward, but it is important to be aware of some of the differences to other common images.

Why distroless containers are more secure: Chainguard's approach removes shells, package managers, and unnecessary components to minimize attack surface while maintaining compatibility

Differences between Chainguard Containers and Debian third-party images

How to use the Docker Debug feature to debug Distroless and minimal containers

Article outlining how one can explore and use the Security Advisories found on the Chainguard Container Directory.

Using Chainguard Containers with firewalls, access control lists, and proxies.

Procedural tutorial outlining how to create a Chainguard identity that can be assumed by a GitLab CI/CD pipeline.