toolbox

ubuntu:latest-based image that includes a collection of common debugging tools for developers and system administrators

The image provides convenient access to these tools in isolated environments.

Tools

The following tools are installed:

age: simple, modern and secure encryption tool
bash: The Bourne Again SHell.
bind9-dnsutils: DNS utilities for debugging domain name services.
curl: Command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP).
file: Recognize the type of data in a file using "magic" numbers
iproute2: Advanced IP packet routing and management tools.
iputils-ping: Tools for testing network connectivity (ping, traceroute).
jq: slice, filter, map and transform structured JSON data (and more!) with ease
mtr: Full screen ncurses traceroute tool
nano: Lightweight text editor.
neovim: Modern Vim editor.
net-tools: Network configuration and monitoring tools.
netcat-traditional: TCP/IP utilities (nc).
openssl: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
p7zip: 7-Zip compression tool with encryption support.
python3-charset-normalizer: Open, modern and actively maintained alternative to Chardet
ripgrep: Fast search tool combining features of grep and The Silver Searcher.
rsync: fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
socat: multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
tmux: Terminal multiplexer for session management.
traceroute: Tool to trace the route data packets take across networks.
unzip: Utility to extract files in ZIP archives.
yq: jq wrapper for YAML, XML, TOML documents

The source code for this image is hosted on GitHub in the backplane/conex repo.

The image is hosted on Docker Hub in the backplane/toolbox repo.

This example shows how to run the image with the current working directory mounted into the container:

docker run --rm -it --volume "$(pwd):/work" backplane/toolbox:latest