anchore Installation Guide Installation Guide

anchore is a free and open-source container analysis. Anchore provides deep image inspection and vulnerability scanning

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 4GB minimum

Storage: 20GB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 8228 (default anchore port)

Various services

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install anchore
sudo dnf install -y anchore

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now anchore

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8228/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install anchore
sudo apt install -y anchore

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now anchore

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 8228

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Install anchore
sudo pacman -S anchore

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now anchore

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Install anchore
apk add --no-cache anchore

# Enable and start service
rc-update add anchore default
rc-service anchore start

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Install anchore
sudo zypper install -y anchore

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now anchore

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8228/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install anchore

# Start service
brew services start anchore

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install anchore

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'anchore_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service anchore start

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install anchore

# Or using Scoop
scoop install anchore

# Verify installation
anchore --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/anchore

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
anchore --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable anchore

# Start service
sudo systemctl start anchore

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop anchore

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart anchore

# Check status
sudo systemctl status anchore

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u anchore -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add anchore default

# Start service
rc-service anchore start

# Stop service
rc-service anchore stop

# Restart service
rc-service anchore restart

# Check status
rc-service anchore status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'anchore_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service anchore start

# Stop service
service anchore stop

# Restart service
service anchore restart

# Check status
service anchore status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start anchore
brew services stop anchore
brew services restart anchore

# Check status
brew services list | grep anchore

powershell

# Start service
net start anchore

# Stop service
net stop anchore

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service anchore
Stop-Service anchore
Restart-Service anchore

# Check status
Get-Service anchore

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream anchore_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8228;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name anchore.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name anchore.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/anchore.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/anchore.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://anchore_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName anchore.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://anchore.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName anchore.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/anchore.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/anchore.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8228/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8228/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend anchore_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/anchore.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend anchore_backend

backend anchore_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server anchore1 127.0.0.1:8228 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R anchore:anchore /etc/anchore
sudo chmod 750 /etc/anchore

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8228/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status anchore

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u anchore -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep anchore)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/anchore"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/anchore-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/anchore /var/lib/anchore

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/anchore-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop anchore

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/anchore/anchore-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start anchore

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u anchore -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/anchore/anchore.log

# Check configuration
anchore --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/anchore

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 8228

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 8228

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep anchore)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep anchore)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 8228

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  anchore:
    image: anchore:latest
    ports:
      - "8228:8228"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/anchore
      - ./data:/var/lib/anchore
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update anchore

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade anchore

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu anchore

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade anchore

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update anchore

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade anchore

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/anchore-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/anchore

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart anchore

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/anchore

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/anchore -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/anchore

Official Documentation: https://docs.anchore.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/anchore/anchore

Community Forum: https://forum.anchore.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.anchore.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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