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Containers Examples

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Pick a stack and build your first image. Each guide walks through pulling a Chainguard Container, running it, and adapting it to your own application.

These are a starting point. Chainguard publishes getting-started guides for many more languages and services — see the full set under Chainguard Containers.

Featured guides

nginx — serve a web application from a hardened, distroless nginx container.
PostgreSQL — run a PostgreSQL database with a minimal attack surface.
Python — package a Python application using the development and production image variants.
Go — compile a Go binary with a multi-stage build and ship it on a minimal runtime.

Libraries Examples

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Point your package manager at Chainguard, reinstall, and ship — no breaking changes. Chainguard Libraries are rebuilt from verified source as drop-in replacements for the packages you already use.

These on-ramp guides link to the published Chainguard Libraries documentation. Libraries are currently available for Java, Python, and JavaScript — a reader on another ecosystem can still build with Chainguard Containers.

On-ramp guides

Quickstart: swap in a library — point your package manager at Chainguard, reinstall, and ship.
Migrate a JavaScript project — switch an existing npm project over to Chainguard Libraries.

Get Started with chainctl

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Chainguard’s chainctl provides command-line access to manage container images, identity resources, and security configurations across your organization. This guide covers essential commands to begin using chainctl effectively in your security and DevOps workflows. For comprehensive command documentation, see the chainctl Reference.

Authenticate and Check Auth Status

To use chainctl, the first thing you must do is authenticate with the Chainguard platform. Do so with:

Migration Guides

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