VIRTUAL MACHINE SOFTWARE

Secure, purpose-built virtual machine images

Host containers on optimized, minimal, zero-CVE virtual machine images rebuilt from source daily for ephemeral cloud instances.

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CHAINGUARD VMs

The security and innovation-friendly container host has arrived

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Simplify continuous compliance

Meet critical compliance controls by default with zero-CVE container hosts guarded under a CVE remediation SLA.

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Engineering should build, not patch

Focus on differentiated product experiences and reduce the burden on engineering and security teams for CVE triage, management, and remediation.

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Innovate without big bang upgrades

Benefit from the latest features, security updates, and performance optimizations from upstream maintainers without costly and complex major upgrades.

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Purpose-built, use-case optimized

Shrink your attack surface without compromising performance with VMs that include only the components required to run a container host and support ephemeral, cloud-native workloads.

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Continuously rebuilt and updated from source

Benefit from newly available features, software upgrades, and a best-in-class CVE remediation SLA of 7 days for critical and 14 days for high, medium, and low through automated rebuilds.

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Standardized for multi-cloud

Build on container hosts optimized for one-click deployments into the cloud of your choice, with end-to-end integrity for every software component included in your virtual machines.

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Customizable and extensible

Customize Chainguard VMs to meet organization-specific requirements for your container hosts without spawning additional overhead and maintenance requirements.

Why Chainguard?

The Chainguard VMs difference

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End-to-End Integrity

Know exactly what’s in your open source with full provenance and opens attestations.

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Eliminate Vulnerabilities

We don’t just identify OSS vulnerabilities for you to manage – we remove them entirely.

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Responsibility You Can Trust

One reliable, secure partner with industry-leading SLAs to take on the burden of a hard, unpredictable problem.

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Expertise and Experience

The leading open source minds driving the industry forward, delivering new innovations for our users.

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