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Version: v0.5.x

Quick Start

This sample illustrates how to patch containers using vulnerability reports with copa.

Prerequisites

Sample Steps

  1. Scan the container image for patchable OS vulnerabilities, outputting the results to a JSON file:

    trivy image --vuln-type os --ignore-unfixed -f json -o nginx.1.21.6.json docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6

    You can also see the existing patchable vulnerabilities in table form on the shell with:

    trivy image --vuln-type os --ignore-unfixed docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6

  2. To patch the image, use the Trivy report and specify a buildkit instance to connect to:

    By default copa will attempt to auto-connect to an instance in order:

    1. Default docker buildkit endpoint (requires at least docker v24.0 with containerd snapshotter support enabled)
    2. Currently selected buildx builder (see: docker buildx --help)
    3. buildkit daemon at the default address /run/buildkit/buildkitd.sock

    If an instance doesn't exist or that instance doesn't support all the features copa needs the next will be attempted. You may need to specify a custom address using the --addr flag. Here are the supported formats:

    • unix:///path/to/buildkit.sock - Connect to buildkit over unix socket.
    • tcp://$BUILDKIT_ADDR:$PORT - Connect to buildkit over TCP. (not recommended for security reasons)
    • docker://<docker connection spec> - Connect to docker, currently only unix sockets are supported, e.g. docker://unix:///var/run/docker.sock (or just docker://).
    • docker-container://my-buildkit-container - Connect to a buildkitd running in a docker container.
    • buildx://my-builder - Connect to a buildx builder (or buildx:// for the currently selected builder). Note: only container-backed buildx instances are currently supported
    • nerdctl-container://my-container-name - Similar to docker-container but uses nerdctl.
    • podman-container://my-container-name - Similar to docker-container but uses podman.
    • ssh://myhost - Connect to a buildkit instance over SSH. Format of the host spec should mimic the SSH command.
    • kubepod://mypod - Connect to buildkit running in a Kubernetes pod. Can also specify kubectl context and pod namespace (kubepod://mypod?context=foo&namespace=notdefault).

    Buildkit Connection Examples

    Example: Connect using defaults:

    copa patch -i docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6 -r nginx.1.21.6.json -t 1.21.6-patched

    Example: Connect to buildx

    docker buildx create --name demo
    copa patch -i docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6 -r nginx.1.21.6.json -t 1.21.6-patched --addr buildx://demo

    Example: Buildkit in a container

    export BUILDKIT_VERSION=v0.12.0
    docker run \
    --detach \
    --rm \
    --privileged \
    --name buildkitd \
    --entrypoint buildkitd \
    "moby/buildkit:$BUILDKIT_VERSION"

    copa patch -i docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6 -r nginx.1.21.6.json -t 1.21.6-patched --addr docker-container://buildkitd

    Example: Buildkit over TCP

    export BUILDKIT_VERSION=v0.12.0
    export BUILDKIT_PORT=8888
    docker run \
    --detach \
    --rm \
    --privileged \
    -p 127.0.0.1:$BUILDKIT_PORT:$BUILDKIT_PORT/tcp \
    --name buildkitd \
    --entrypoint buildkitd \
    "moby/buildkit:$BUILDKIT_VERSION" \
    --addr tcp://0.0.0.0:$BUILDKIT_PORT
    copa patch \
    -i docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6 \
    -r nginx.1.21.6.json \
    -t 1.21.6-patched \
    -a tcp://0.0.0.0:$BUILDKIT_PORT

    In either case, copa is non-destructive and exports a new image with the specified 1.21.6-patched label to the local Docker daemon.

    NOTE: if you're running this sample against an image from a private registry instead, ensure that the credentials are configured in the default Docker config.json before running copa patch, for example, via sudo docker login -u <user> -p <password> <registry>.

  3. Scan the patched image and verify that the vulnerabilities have been patched:

    trivy image --vuln-type os --ignore-unfixed docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6-patched

    You can also inspect the structure of the patched image with docker history to see the new patch layer appended to the image:

    $ docker history docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6-patched
    IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT
    a372df41e06d 1 minute ago mount / from exec sh -c apt-get install --no-ins… 26.1MB buildkit.exporter.image.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago CMD ["nginx" "-g" "daemon off;"] 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago STOPSIGNAL SIGQUIT 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago EXPOSE map[80/tcp:{}] 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"] 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago COPY 30-tune-worker-processes.sh /docker-ent… 4.61kB buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago COPY 20-envsubst-on-templates.sh /docker-ent… 1.04kB buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago COPY 10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh /docker… 1.96kB buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago COPY docker-entrypoint.sh / # buildkit 1.2kB buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago RUN /bin/sh -c set -x && addgroup --syst… 61.1MB buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago ENV PKG_RELEASE=1~bullseye 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago ENV NJS_VERSION=0.7.0 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago ENV NGINX_VERSION=1.20.2 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 3 months ago LABEL maintainer=NGINX Docker Maintainers <d… 0B buildkit.dockerfile.v0
    <missing> 4 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) CMD ["bash"] 0B
    <missing> 4 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:09675d11695f65c55… 80.4MB
  4. Run the container to verify that the image has no regressions:

    $ docker run -it --rm --name nginx-test docker.io/library/nginx:1.21.6-patched
    /docker-entrypoint.sh: /docker-entrypoint.d/ is not empty, will attempt to perform configuration
    /docker-entrypoint.sh: Looking for shell scripts in /docker-entrypoint.d/
    /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh
    10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh: info: Getting the checksum of /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
    10-listen-on-ipv6-by-default.sh: info: Enabled listen on IPv6 in /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
    /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/20-envsubst-on-templates.sh
    /docker-entrypoint.sh: Launching /docker-entrypoint.d/30-tune-worker-processes.sh
    /docker-entrypoint.sh: Configuration complete; ready for start up
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: using the "epoll" event method
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: nginx/1.20.2
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: built by gcc 10.2.1 20210110 (Debian 10.2.1-6)
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: OS: Linux 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE): 1048576:1048576
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker processes
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 31
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 32
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 33
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 34
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 35
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 36
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 37
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: start worker process 38
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 38#38: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 36#36: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 33#33: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 32#32: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 34#34: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 35#35: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 37#37: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 1#1: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received
    2022/05/16 18:00:17 [notice] 31#31: signal 28 (SIGWINCH) received

    You can stop the container by opening a new shell instance and running: docker stop nginx-test