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swiss-army-knife v2.0.0 🚀

Major release featuring comprehensive debugging tools, Docker build improvements, and enhanced reliability.

🎯 Key Features

Multi-Stage Docker Build

  • Go echo-server application for testing and debugging
  • Static binary compilation for minimal footprint
  • Comprehensive tool installation with robust error handling

Comprehensive Debugging Tools

  • Networking: tcpdump, traceroute, telnet, netcat, dig, nslookup, socat, iperf, mtr
  • System: curl, wget, tree, vim, less, jq, openssl, iptables, ethtool
  • Build: gcc, make, automake, autoconf, gawk, libtool
  • Kubernetes: Latest stable kubectl with autocompletion

Enhanced Reliability

  • Fixed Docker build failures with standard SUSE BCI repositories
  • Graceful fallbacks for optional packages (conntrack, mtr, iperf)
  • Comprehensive error handling for missing dependencies
  • GitHub Actions integration with Trivy security scanning

🔧 Usage

Quick Start

# Run as debugging container
docker run -it rancherlabs/swiss-army-knife:v2.0.0

# Attach to existing container network namespace  
docker run --net=container:TARGET_CONTAINER -it rancherlabs/swiss-army-knife:v2.0.0

# Use with containerd
ctr run --rm rancherlabs/swiss-army-knife:v2.0.0 debug-tools bash

Echo Server

The container now includes a built-in echo server that provides:

  • HTTP endpoint on port 8080 for testing connectivity
  • Request/response debugging with detailed JSON output
  • Kubernetes pod information from environment variables

🛡️ Security & Quality

  • Base image: SUSE BCI 15.7 for enterprise stability
  • Security scanning: Integrated Trivy vulnerability detection
  • Signed commits: GPG-signed development process
  • Clean dependencies: Standard repository packages only

🔄 What's Changed

Docker Build Improvements

  • ✅ Removed external repository dependencies that caused 404 errors
  • ✅ Added package installation fallbacks for maximum compatibility
  • ✅ Standard SUSE BCI repositories for reliable builds
  • ✅ Comprehensive error handling in package installation

Tool Updates

  • ✅ Latest stable kubectl instead of multiple versions
  • ✅ Enhanced networking tools with optional installations
  • ✅ Improved documentation with containerd examples
  • ✅ GitHub Actions workflows for automated testing and releases

📦 Container Images

This release publishes to:

  • Docker Hub: rancherlabs/swiss-army-knife:v2.0.0 and rancherlabs/swiss-army-knife:latest
  • Rancher Prime Registry: Enterprise-grade container registry

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v2.0.0

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