sveltos-access-manager-fips

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Chainguard Container for sveltos-access-manager-fips

FIPS-enabled Sveltos Access Manager image for managing tenant permissions and access credentials across Kubernetes clusters.

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Download this Container Image

For those with access, this container image is available on cgr.dev:

docker pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sveltos-access-manager-fips:latest

Be sure to replace the ORGANIZATION placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard Registry.

Compatibility Notes

The cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sveltos-access-manager-fips image is comparable to the upstream projectsveltos/access-manager image. It preserves the /manager entrypoint, / working directory, UID and GID 65532:65532, and absence of default command arguments. The /manager compatibility symlink points to the packaged executable at /usr/bin/manager.

This image contains the Access Manager controller. The upstream projectsveltos Helm chart deploys other Sveltos components in separate containers. The minimal image does not include a shell or package manager.

The FIPS variant omits the Sprig template functions bcrypt, htpasswd, and derivePassword, which depend on non-approved cryptography. Update templates that use these functions before switching to this variant.

FIPS Support

This Chainguard Container ships with a validated redistribution of OpenSSL's FIPS provider module. For more on FIPS support in Chainguard Containers, consult the guide on FIPS-enabled Chainguard Containers on Chainguard Academy.

Access Manager is built with Chainguard's FIPS Go toolchain. Its preferred cryptographic backend is the system OpenSSL library with the Chainguard FIPS Provider for OpenSSL and the openssl-config-fipshardened configuration. If that provider cannot load, the Go 1.27 toolchain falls back to the validated Go Cryptographic Module (CMVP certificate 5247).

Inspect the application's selected backend with diagnostics enabled:

docker run --rm -e GODEBUG=cgr_verbose=1 cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sveltos-access-manager-fips:latest --help

The diagnostic identifies openssl when the preferred provider loads, or reports a fallback to geomys when the embedded Go module is selected. To check the bundled OpenSSL provider separately, run its self-test:

docker run --rm --entrypoint openssl-fips-test cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sveltos-access-manager-fips:latest

This self-test checks the OpenSSL provider; application diagnostics identify the backend selected by Access Manager. Replacing this controller image does not establish FIPS support for the other Sveltos components deployed by the chart.

Prerequisites

You need a Kubernetes cluster supported by the upstream chart, Helm, kubectl, and permission to install custom resource definitions and cluster RBAC. Configure the cluster to authenticate to Chainguard's registry and pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sveltos-access-manager-fips. If you use an image pull Secret, add it to global.imagePullSecrets in the values file below.

Getting Started

Install Sveltos with its official Helm chart, overriding the Access Manager image. Replace ORGANIZATION with your organization's registry repository name. Leave the image tag unset so the chart selects the Access Manager release it ships:

helm repo add projectsveltos https://projectsveltos.github.io/helm-charts
helm repo update
cat > values.yaml <<'EOF'
global:
  useDigest: false
accessManager:
  enabled: true
  manager:
    image:
      registry: cgr.dev
      repository: ORGANIZATION/sveltos-access-manager-fips
EOF
helm upgrade --install sveltos projectsveltos/projectsveltos \
  --namespace projectsveltos --create-namespace \
  --values values.yaml --wait --timeout 5m
kubectl rollout status deployment/access-manager \
  --namespace projectsveltos --timeout=180s

The chart creates the controller's service account, permissions, and CRDs, and sets the required NAMESPACE environment variable from the Pod's namespace. Keep global.useDigest at its default of false: when it is true, the chart uses accessManager.manager.image.digest, which defaults to the upstream image digest. The other Sveltos components retain their chart defaults.

Configuration

Access Manager uses RoleRequest resources to grant tenant service accounts permissions in registered clusters. The chart registers the management cluster as the mgmt SveltosCluster in the mgmt namespace. Label it so the example below selects it, or follow the cluster registration guide to register a managed cluster with the same label:

kubectl label sveltoscluster mgmt --namespace mgmt env=demo

The following example creates a tenant service account and a policy in the management cluster. The controller grants that tenant permission to read Pods in the matching managed clusters:

cat > tenant-access.yaml <<'EOF'
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: demo-reader
  namespace: default
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: demo-pod-reader
  namespace: default
data:
  role.yaml: |
    apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
    kind: ClusterRole
    metadata:
      name: demo-pod-reader
    rules:
      - apiGroups: [""]
        resources: ["pods"]
        verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
---
apiVersion: lib.projectsveltos.io/v1beta1
kind: RoleRequest
metadata:
  name: demo-pod-reader
spec:
  serviceAccountName: demo-reader
  serviceAccountNamespace: default
  clusterSelector:
    matchLabels:
      env: demo
  roleRefs:
    - kind: ConfigMap
      name: demo-pod-reader
      namespace: default
EOF
kubectl apply -f tenant-access.yaml
kubectl wait rolerequest/demo-pod-reader \
  --for=jsonpath='{.status.clusterInfo[0].status}'=Provisioned --timeout=120s
kubectl get rolerequest demo-pod-reader -o yaml

Inspect status.matchingClusters for the selected clusters, status.clusterInfo[].status for deployment state, and status.clusterInfo[].failureMessage for reconciliation failures. See the upstream multi-tenancy guide for tenant onboarding and additional policy examples.

Documentation and Resources

• Access Manager source code
• Sveltos documentation
• Official Helm chart

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