This repository creates Docker images that contain the Microsoft build of Go produced by the microsoft/go repository. The tags are published on the Microsoft Artifact Registry (MAR), formerly Microsoft Container Registry (MCR), in the oss/go/microsoft/golang repository.
The images produced by this repository are for general use within Microsoft and to help produce FIPS-compliant Go apps. For other purposes, we recommend using the Docker Hub golang official images.
For more information about building FIPS-compatible Go apps with the Microsoft Go tools, visit the FIPS readme and user guide in the microsoft/go repository.
GitHub issues for microsoft/go-images are maintained in the microsoft/go project. For help and questions about the Microsoft Go images, please file an issue in microsoft/go.
The supported tags in this repository are rebuilt approximately twice a week to update base image and distro package dependencies.
In general, the microsoft/go-images tag names match those available for the official images. To switch from the official image to one on MCR, it may be possible to simply prepend mcr.microsoft.com/oss/go/microsoft/ to the official image you would normally use.
This tag is recommended for general build scenarios where FIPS compliance is not required:
mcr.microsoft.com/oss/go/microsoft/golang:1.22-cbl-mariner2.0
To build a FIPS-compliant app, we recommend writing a multi-stage Dockerfile that uses a fips tag in the build stage and copies the built Go app into the final stage. We recommend using a minimal CBL-Mariner container for the final stage.
This Azure Linux (Mariner) fips tag is recommended for the build stage of a Dockerfile:
mcr.microsoft.com/oss/go/microsoft/golang:1.22-fips-cbl-mariner2.0
For the final stage of the multi-stage Dockerfile, an image with a FIPS certified OpenSSL library is necessary. The right image to use may depend on your organization or need to be assembled.
For Microsoft teams building containers, more guidance is available at Containers Secure Supply Chain - Selecting base images (internal Microsoft link).
See What is -fips? for more details about the meaning of fips in a tag name.
Important
Our azurelinux3.0 tags can't be used to to run (deploy) a FIPS-compliant Go app.
See https://aka.ms/azurelinux3 (internal Microsoft link) for current information about Azure Linux 3.0 and the implications for FIPS compliance.
(Last update: 2024-08-29.)
Important
Our 1.22-fips-bullseye (Debian) tag and other Debian tags are capable of building a FIPS compliant Go app, but contain a copy of OpenSSL that is not FIPS certified.
These tags are suitable for a build stage, but not for FIPS-compliant deployment.
To view the full list of available Go tags in MAR:
- Visit
golangon the MAR Discovery Portal (Microsoft internal auth required)- You must be currently signed into the MAR discovery portal with Microsoft internal auth to see the golang image. If you see a "not found" page, make sure you are signed in at the top-right corner of the MAR page, then close the tab and click the
golanglink again. - Go to the
Tagstab to find a filterable list of tags and expand one to see the command to use to pull it.
- You must be currently signed into the MAR discovery portal with Microsoft internal auth to see the golang image. If you see a "not found" page, make sure you are signed in at the top-right corner of the MAR page, then close the tab and click the
- Use the Microsoft Artifact Registry API
- The full tag URL is
mcr.microsoft.com/{name}:{tag}
- The full tag URL is
See Tags of microsoft/go-images for more information about tag support, more tag names, and the purpose of each image.
Note
We don't build any Alpine images. See microsoft/go#446.
We think it's accurate to call this repository a fork of the official Golang image repository, docker-library/golang. The branches here do not share Git ancestry with docker-library/golang. However, the repository serves the same purpose as a Git fork: maintaining a modified version of the Go source code over time.
The submodule named go contains the official image source code. The templates in go are used to create the Dockerfiles in this repo, at src/microsoft. See the eng README file for more information about this repository's infrastructure.
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