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Standard Container/Application Identifiers

Default Containerized Application Labels/Annotations/Ids used to document the application and/or image

With the introduction of the Atomic command, we are accessing container image meta data to describe the purpose of the image or the application defined by the image.

We would like to get consensus on default names. Proposals have been made to namespace the label names defined in Docker.

But we believe there should be some generic toplevel names defined that are not vendor specific, or distribution specific.

If you would like to see additional names and descriptions added please open issues and send pull requests to update this readme.

Overview

The following types of data are being considered:

  1. Labels used to describe how to use the application/image
Name Description
help Command to run the help command of the image
run Command to run the image
run_opts_file Path to a file containing options that will be used in 'run' command in place of ${RUN_OPTS}
uninstall Command to uninstall the image
install Command to install the image
stop Command to execute before stopping container
debug Command to run the image with debugging turned on
  1. Labels Names used to describe the application/image
Name Description
name Name of the Image
version Version of the image
release Release Number for this version
architecture Architecture for the image
build-date Date/Time image was built as RFC 3339 date-time
vendor Owner of the image
url Url with more information on the image
summary Short Description of the image
description Detailed description of the image
vcs-type The type of version control used by the container source. Generally one of git, hg, svn, bzr, cvs
vcs-url URL of the version control repository
vcs-ref A 'reference' within the version control repository; e.g. a git commit, or a subversion branch
authoritative-source-url The authoritative location in which the image is published
distribution-scope Intended scope of distribution for image (see below for possible values)
changelog-url URL of a page containing release notes for the image
  1. Possible values of distribution-scope field
Name Description
private No public redistribution intended
authoritative-source-only Redistribution only from the source listed in the 'authoritative-source-url' label
restricted Redistribution only with permission
public No redistribution limits beyond licenses
  1. Custom labels may be defined by a namespace prefix using reverse DNS notation of a domain controlled by the author. For example, com.redhat.access.

     LABEL io.openshift.expose-services="8080:http" \
           io.openshift.tags="builder,nodejs,nodejs010"
    

Details on Labels

authoritative-source-url

  • The authoritative location the image is published by the owner.
  • In combination with the 'name' label, this tells a user where to go and look for official updates and current versions of the image, regardless of the local tags.

distribution-scope

  • The intended scope of distribution for the image.
  • Allows a user to define the intended scope of distribution. This addresses the end-user case of internal builds vs. public content and the use case of a vendor like Red Hat that provides content streams under subscription agreements - which is different from the license(s) of the image content.
  • In combination with the 'authoritative-source-url' and 'name' labels allows automatic redirect to the authoritative source.

Signing Server Metadata "sigstore" Image

Signing server metadata may be served by a special image in a repository. The image shall be named "sigstore" and contain the following labels, all required:

Name Description
sigstore-url The signature server URL, including port
sigstore-type Signature server type, either "docker" (static web server) or "atomic" (Atomic Registry and OpenShift API)
pubkey-id The public key ID in the form of an email address
pubkey-fingerprint The public key fingerprint, typically a long hexidecimal string
pubkey-url The URL to download the public key

Example Dockerfile:

FROM scratch
LABEL sigstore-url="sigstore.example.com:8443" \
      sigstore-type="docker" \
      pubkey-id="security@example.com" \
      pubkey-fingerprint="B3B04F8CF186436EF8F1CDAD7C6ACC9EE3A31016" \
      pubkey-url="https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFD5EB4DB480717ED"

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