Krill on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Networking

Krill, the RPKI certificate authority from NLnet Labs: run your own resource PKI and publish route origin authorizations, secured from first boot by cloudimg.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Krill is an open source RPKI Certificate Authority. It lets a network operator run their own Resource Public Key Infrastructure, issuing certificates for the IP address space and AS numbers they hold and publishing Route Origin Authorizations that state which networks are allowed to originate their prefixes. It is a single self contained daemon with an embedded data store and a built in web interface, and it can operate under a parent authority such as a Regional Internet Registry or as a delegated child, so operators gain control over the RPKI objects that protect their routing rather than depending on a hosted portal.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships Krill secure by default with no surviving default login. On the first boot of every instance a unique administrator token is generated and written to a root only file, so no two deployments share a secret and no example token ever governs a running instance. The daemon is bound to loopback behind a TLS reverse proxy that is the only public surface, the web interface and API refuse unauthenticated requests, and the build proves an authenticated create and read back of a certificate authority end to end before the image is captured. The base is fully patched with unattended security upgrades enabled, and every deployment is paired with a step by step guide and backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.

Common uses

  • Running a self hosted RPKI certificate authority
  • Publishing route origin authorizations for your prefixes
  • Delegated RPKI under a registry or parent authority

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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