chainctl
chainctl Chainguard Control
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Check an image against active policies.
Evaluate an image against any active policies and print the result for each.
Exit status is non-zero if any policy returned DENIED or ERROR, regardless of the policy’s mode, so this command is suitable for use in CI.
chainctl policy check IMAGE_REF [flags]
# Check an image by tag
chainctl policy check cgr.dev/example.com/python:latest
# Check an image by digest
chainctl policy check cgr.dev/example.com/python@sha256:abc... --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
--config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
--console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
--force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
-h, --help Help for chainctl
--issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
--log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
-o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
-v, --v int Set the log verbosity level.chainctl Chainguard Control
chainctl policy Manage policies.
chainctl policy decision Inspect policy decisions.
chainctl policy describe Describe a policy and its parameter schema.
chainctl policy disable Disable a policy.
Last updated: 2026-08-31 17:17