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# helvetic

Ubuntu sidecar container with essential debugging and networking tools.
Designed to run alongside a target container, when needed for troubleshooting, by sharing PID and network namespaces.

For more context, see:
- [https://k-candidate.github.io/2025/10/09/sec-vuln-fatigue-build-troubleshoot-minimal-containers.html](https://k-candidate.github.io/2025/10/09/sec-vuln-fatigue-build-troubleshoot-minimal-containers.html)
- [https://k-candidate.github.io/2025/10/29/optimizing-docker-cache.html](https://k-candidate.github.io/2025/10/29/optimizing-docker-cache.html)

## Usage

Attach to target container namespaces:
```bash
docker run --rm -it \
--user=: \
--pid=container: \
--network=container: \
kcandidate/helvetic:latest
```

The default user has the `uid` and `gid` 65532, which is convenient for `nonroot` Distroless images.
If the target container has the same, then you can skip `--user`.