rapidfort/kong repository overview

⁠RapidFort hardened image for Kong

RapidFort has optimized and hardened this Kong container image. This container is free to use and has no license limitations.

This optimized image is functionally equivalent to The Kong Docker Maintainers Kong⁠ image but more secure with a significantly smaller software attack surface.

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⁠What is Kong?

By providing functionality for proxying, routing, load balancing, health checking, authentication (and more), Kong serves as the central layer for orchestrating microservices or conventional API traffic with ease.

Overview of Kong⁠

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⁠How do I use this hardened Kong image?

The runtime instructions for this hardened container image are the same as the official release. Follow the instructions provided with the The Kong Docker Maintainers Kong⁠.

# Start the Gateway stack using
$ docker-compose up

⁠What is a hardened image?

A hardened container image is a functionally equivalent copy of a container image that has been optimized by removing unnecessary software components, significantly reducing its software attack surface and improving its security. Removing unnecessary software components is a critical practice to protect your infrastructure from attacks and limiting the blast radius of any attacks.

This image is a hardened version of the official The Kong Docker Maintainers Kong⁠ image on Docker Hub.

Vulnerability reports for RapidFort's hardened images are updated daily to include newly discovered vulnerabilities and fixes.

⁠What’s the difference between the official The Kong Docker Maintainers Kong⁠ image and this hardened image?

RapidFort’s hardened rapidfort/kong⁠ image has been optimized by RapidFort's SASM platform and is functionally equivalent to the original image.

We are big fans of open-source software and secure software development. RapidFort's community images are our way of giving back to the community and helping reduce the burden on security and development teams.

⁠Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

• 3.6.1-ubuntu, 3.6-ubuntu, 3.6.1, 3.6, 3, latest, ubuntu⁠
• 3.5.0-ubuntu, 3.5-ubuntu, 3.5.0, 3.5⁠
• 3.4.2-ubuntu, 3.4-ubuntu, 3.4.2, 3.4⁠

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