[ACTION REQUIRED] Transition from falco-no-driver to falco Images

TL;DR: Chainguard is deprecating falco-no-driver images in favor of our standard falco images to align with upstream project practices.

We are updating our Falco image naming to better align with upstream project standards and eliminate confusion around image variants. The falco-no-driver images will be deprecated in favor of our standard falco images.

This communication includes the following topics: 

What is changing?

Starting Jan 15, 2025, we will stop publishing new versions of the following images:

• cgr.dev/chainguard/falco-no-driver
• cgr.dev/chainguard/falco-no-driver-fips

These images will be replaced by:

• cgr.dev/chainguard/falco
• cgr.dev/chainguard/falco-fips

Why is Chainguard making this change?

• The external falcosecurity/falco-no-driver images have been deprecated for over 11 months
• Our falco images already use the modern eBPF-based implementation, making the "no-driver" distinction obsolete
• This change clarifies which image variant to use
• Aligns our naming with industry standards and upstream project direction

How will this affect me?

Functionality: There are no functional changes. The new falco images contain identical functionality to the current falco-no-driver images.

Configuration: You will need to update your deployment configurations to reference the new image names.

Timeline: Existing falco-no-driver images will continue to work until Jan 15, 2025. After this date, no new versions will be published.

What do I need to do?

**Action Required:** The new falco images have been synced to your registry alongside the falco-no-driver images to facilitate migration. Please update your deployment configurations before Jan 15, 2025.

**Simple Migration:**

Replace image references in your Kubernetes manifests, Docker Compose files, or other deployment configurations:

# BEFORE

image: cgr.dev/chainguard/falco-no-driver:latest

# AFTER

image: cgr.dev/chainguard/falco:latest

For FIPS customers:

# BEFORE

image: cgr.dev/chainguard/falco-no-driver-fips:latest

# AFTER

image: cgr.dev/chainguard/falco-fips:latest

FAQs

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- Chainguard Team