mibtisam/debugbox repository overview

⁠DebugBox

Multi-variant Docker debugging toolkit for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.

⁠Quick Start

# Kubernetes ephemeral container
kubectl debug -it my-pod --image=mibtisam/debugbox:balanced --target=my-container

# Docker
docker run -it --rm mibtisam/debugbox:balanced

# Kubernetes debug pod
kubectl run debugbox --rm -it --image=mibtisam/debugbox:balanced

⁠Variants

Choose the right image for your needs:

⁠Features

⁠Lite

DNS tools (dig, nslookup), HTTP testing (curl), network inspection (ip, ping), port testing (netcat), JSON/YAML parsing (jq, yq)

⁠Balanced

Everything in Lite plus tcpdump, strace, htop, iftop, iperf3, lsof, vim, git, kubectx, kubens, mtr, nmap, socat

⁠Power

Everything in Balanced plus tshark, ngrep, iptables, nftables, conntrack, ltrace, Python, nano

⁠Multi-Architecture

All images support:

• linux/amd64
• linux/arm64

⁠Security

• Based on Alpine Linux 3.20.9
• Scanned with Trivy (no HIGH/CRITICAL vulnerabilities)
• Minimal attack surface

⁠Documentation

📖 Full docs: https://debugbox.ibtisam-iq.com⁠

📦 GitHub: https://github.com/ibtisam-iq/debugbox⁠

📋 License: MIT

⁠Available Tags

• latest, balanced, balanced-latest, balanced-1.0.0 (47 MB, recommended)
• lite, lite-latest, lite-1.0.0 (15 MB, minimal)
• power, power-latest, power-1.0.0 (91 MB, comprehensive)
• 1.0.0 (alias for balanced-1.0.0)

Built with Alpine Linux, Docker Buildx, and open-source debugging tools.