oras

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Updated on July 27

ORAS Overview

Secure your stack with a hardened ORAS image freshly-built by Minimus. Minimus images always include the most up-to-date package version for all packages and dependencies contained in the image.

ORAS (OCI Registry As Storage) is a CLI tool that extends standard container registries to support arbitrary file types.

Try It Out

Create a sample artifact file:

echo "hello oras" > artifact.txt

Push it to a local registry, for example, Distribution-Registry running at localhost:5000:

docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd):/workspace \
  -w /workspace \
  --network host \
  reg.mini.dev/oras \
  push localhost:5000/hello:v1 \
  --plain-http \
  artifact.txt:text/plain

Pull the artifact back:

docker run --rm \
  --network host \
  reg.mini.dev/oras \
  pull localhost:5000/hello:v1 \
  --plain-http

Discover artifacts attached to an image in your registry:

docker run --rm \
  --network host \
  reg.mini.dev/oras \
  discover localhost:5000/hello:v1 \
  --plain-http

Technical Considerations

The ORAS 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.

ORAS built by Minimus:

Runs as non-root by default for a security-first approach that protects against privilege escalation attacks.
Drill down on the version specification tab to see the default user, listening ports, entrypoint, volumes, environment variables, etc.

The Payoff

A hardened, minimal image that will remain more secure for the long run and accrue vulnerabilities at a slower rate.

See the risk reduction dashboard for a detailed CVE comparison over the past 30 days.
Review the compliance report to see the default hardening and security configurations for the image.

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