prometheus-process-exporter-fips

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Updated 4 days ago

Prometheus Process Exporter FIPS Overview

Secure your stack with a FIPS-validated, hardened Prometheus Process Exporter 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.

Use Prometheus Process Exporter to collect per-process CPU, memory, file descriptor, and I/O metrics by parsing the host's /proc filesystem, grouping processes by name for monitoring in Prometheus. Use this image when you need to meet the requirements for FIPS-validated cryptographic protection.

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 Prometheus Process Exporter image for a test run. First, create a config file that groups host processes by name:

cat <<'EOF' > process-names.yml
process_names:
  - name: "{{.Comm}}"
    cmdline:
    - '.+'
EOF

Start the container, mounting the host's /proc and the config file:

docker run -d --rm \
  --pid="host" \
  -v "/proc:/host/proc:ro" \
  -v "$(pwd)/process-names.yml:/config/process-names.yml:ro" \
  -p 9256:9256 \
  reg.mini.dev/prometheus-process-exporter-fips -procfs /host/proc -config.path /config/process-names.yml

Visit http://localhost:9256/metrics to view the metrics. You should see reports of CPU, memory, and file descriptor usage per process group.

Technical Considerations

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

Prometheus Process Exporter-FIPS built by Minimus:

Runs as root to support required functions in alignment with the public image.
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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