About Minimus Hardened Images

Minimus Hardened images provide secure by default configurations that comply with CIS Benchmarks. The CIS Benchmark for MongoDB is a consensus-based security hardening guide that is aligned with industry standards and defines recommended configuration settings, access controls, and operational practices to reduce the attack surface. Review the compliance report to see the special audit report.

Notes:

• The image’s default configuration file enforces many CIS Mongo hardening controls. Exercise caution when overriding this file, as custom configurations may inadvertently weaken or negate CIS compliance.
• Full CIS benchmark compliance requires additional post-deployment runtime validations that are out of scope for Minimus.

FIPS 140-3 Certification

This image is FIPS-validated to ensure its cryptographic operations meet the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) required for secure government and regulated environments. Its core cryptographic modules are validated under the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) and comply with the FIPS 140-3 standard.

To verify that the FIPS 140-3 provider is configured and active, follow the instructions in the FIPS compliance tab.

Try It Out

Take the Minimus Mongo image for a test run. The following command will set the root password to Minimus! but you can set any password you want:

docker run --rm -d \
  --hostname mongod.local \
  -v {CERTS_DIR}:/ssl \
  --network {NETWORK} \
  -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=mongoadmin \
  -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=Minimus! \
  reg.mini.dev/mongo-hardened-fips mongod \
    --dbpath /data/db \
    --bind_ip_all \
    --tlsMode=requireTLS \
    --tlsCAFile /ssl/ca.pem \
    --tlsCertificateKeyFile /ssl/fullchain.pem

When running operations that need authorization, you will need to pass the user, password, unique port, and authenticationDatabase like so:

docker run --rm \
  -v "{CERTS_DIR}":/ssl \
  -v ./mongosh:{MONGO_DIR} \
  --network {NETWORK} \
  reg.mini.dev/mongo-hardened-fips mongo \
    -u mongoadmin \
    -p "Minimus!" \
    --authenticationDatabase admin \
    --port 27018 \
    --tls \
    --tlsCAFile /ssl/ca.pem \
    --tlsCertificateKeyFile /ssl/fullchain.pem \
    --host mongod.local \
    --eval "load(\"{MONGO_DIR}/script.js\")"

Technical Considerations

The Mongo-Hardened-FIPS image provided by Minimus is a slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image from Docker Hub. The images are largely interchangeable, with a few differences as noted below.

Terms & Info

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Images are provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind. "Hardened" refers to the security configuration applied at the time of build and does not constitute a guarantee of ongoing security or absence of vulnerabilities. The free tier is provided without support, SLA, or guaranteed patching timelines. Security updates may be applied to paid subscriptions before or instead of free tier images. By pulling or using any image you agree to our Terms of Use.