aquasecurity/starboard-lens-extension
Lens extension for viewing Starboard security information
Starboard Lens Extension
This is a Lens extension for Starboard which provides visibility into
vulnerability assessment reports for Kubernetes workloads stored as custom security resources.
Installation
This guide shows how to install the extension either from pre-built binary releases or source.
Prerequisites
- Lens >= 4.0 should first be installed.
- Follow Starboard Getting Started guide to understand how Starboard is initialized and how it generates security
reports, which are then stored as custom resources.
Compatibility Matrix
The following matrix indicates versions of this extension and compatible Lens releases.
| Lens | Extension |
|---|---|
| 5.2 | 0.2.0 |
| 5.0 | 0.1.0 |
| 4.0 | 0.0.2 |
| 4.0 | 0.0.1 |
From the Binary Releases
Every release of Lens extension for Starboard provides the tarball-file that can be manually
downloaded and installed. Alternatively, you can copy the download URL of the release artifact to paste it in the
Manage Lens Extensions page.
- Download your desired version from GitHub releases page or GitHub
package registry. Alternatively, just copy the download URL of the release artifact. - Open Lens application and select Lens menu, and then click Extensions item, or press
Shift + Command + E to open the Manage Lens Extensions page. - Specify the path (.tar, .tgz) or download URL to the extension package and click Install.

- If everything is fine, you'll see the
@aquasecurity/starboard-lens-extensionextension listed under
Installed Extensions. Click Enable to enable it.

- Close the Manage Lens Extensions page and verify that the Starboard menu item shows up in the main menu.

From Source (Linux, macOS)
Building from source is slightly more involved, but it's the best way to go if you want to test the latest (pre-release)
version of the extension.
You must have a working Node.js environment.
- Clone the source code:
git clone https://github.com/aquasecurity/starboard-lens-extension.git cd starboard-lens-extensions - Build the extension's package:
npm install && npm run build - Create a tarball from a package:
This will create thenpm packaquasecurity-starboard-lens-extension-$VERSION.tgztarball in the root directory. - Open Lens application and select Lens menu, and then click Extensions item, or press
Shift + Command + E to open the Manage Lens Extensions page. - Specify the path the
aquasecurity-starboard-lens-extension-$VERSION.tgzextension package and click Install. - If everything goes fine, you'll see the
@aquasecurity/starboard-lens-extensionextension listed under
Installed Extensions.

Getting Started
NOTE: As the source code of the extension is evolving very fast, some screenshots shown below
may be outdated. We'll also update this section with more examples.



