colin 0.2.1

Tool to check generic rules/best-practices for containers/images/dockerfiles.

# Colin

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Tool to check generic rules and best-practices for container images and dockerfiles.

For more information, please check our [documentation on colin.readthedocs.io](https://colin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).



# Features

* Validate a selected artifact against a ruleset.
* Artifacts can be container images and dockerfiles.
* We provide a default ruleset we believe every container image should satisfy.
* There is a ruleset to validate an artifact whether it complies to [Fedora Container Guidelines](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Container:Guidelines)
* Colin can list available rulesets and list checks in a ruleset.
* There is a python API available
* Colin can be integrated into your workflow easily - it can provide results in json format.


## Installation


### Via `pip`

If you are on Fedora distribution, please install python3-pyxattr so you don't
have to compile it yourself when getting it from PyPI.

```bash
$ pip3 install --user colin
```


### On Fedora distribution

colin is packaged in official Fedora repositories:
```
$ dnf install -y colin
```


## Usage

```
$ colin -h
Usage: colin [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

COLIN -- Container Linter

Options:
-V, --version Show the version and exit.
-h, --help Show this message and exit.

Commands:
check Check the image/dockerfile (default).
list-checks Print the checks.
list-rulesets List available rulesets.
```

```
$ colin check -h
Usage: colin check [OPTIONS] TARGET

Check the image/dockerfile (default).

Options:
-r, --ruleset TEXT Select a predefined ruleset (e.g. fedora).
-f, --ruleset-file FILENAME Path to a file to use for validation (by
default they are placed in
/usr/share/colin/rulesets).
--debug Enable debugging mode (debugging logs, full
tracebacks).
--json FILENAME File to save the output as json to.
-s, --stat Print statistics instead of full results.
-t, --tag TEXT Filter checks with the tag.
-v, --verbose Verbose mode.
--checks-path DIRECTORY Path to directory containing checks (default
['/home/flachman/.local/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/colin/checks']).
--pull Pull the image from registry.
--target-type TEXT Type of selected target (one of image,
dockerfile, ostree). For ostree,
please specify image name and path like this:
image@path
--insecure Pull from an insecure registry (HTTP or invalid
TLS).
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
```

Let's give it a shot:
```
$ colin -f ./rulesets/fedora.json fedora:27
LABELS:
FAIL:Label 'maintainer' has to be specified.
PASS:Label 'name' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'com.redhat.component' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'summary' has to be specified.
PASS:Label 'version' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'usage' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'release' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'architecture' has to be specified.
WARN:Label 'url' has to be specified.
WARN:Label 'help' has to be specified.
WARN:Label 'build-date' has to be specified.
WARN:Label 'distribution-scope' has to be specified.
WARN:Label 'vcs-ref' has to be specified.
...
```


### Directly from git

It's possible to use colin directly from git:

```
$ git clone https://github.com/user-cont/colin.git
$ cd colin
```

We can now run the analysis:

```
$ python3 -m colin.cli.colin -f ./rulesets/fedora.json fedora:27
FAIL:Label 'architecture' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'build-date' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'description' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'distribution-scope' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'help' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'io.k8s.description' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'url' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'vcs-ref' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'vcs-type' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'vcs-url' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'com.redhat.component' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'maintainer' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'name' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'release' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'summary' has to be specified.
FAIL:Label 'version' has to be specified.
FAIL:Cmd or Entrypoint has to be specified
ERROR:The 'helpfile' has to be provided.
FAIL:Service should not run as root by default.
FAIL:Label 'usage' has to be specified.

FAIL:21 ERROR:1
```

### Exit codes

Colin can exit with several codes:

- `0` --> OK
- `1` --> error in the execution
- `2` --> CLI error, wrong parameters
- `3` --> at least one check failed