# Scanning STACKIT with Aikido

Aikido fully supports protecting workloads on STACKIT through specific integrations. A native integration may be added in the future, but you can already achieve full coverage by combining:<br>

* [**Container image scanning**](https://help.aikidogov.us/workflows-and-guides/additional-cloud-providers/scanning-stackit-with-aikido#container-image-scanning) for STACKIT registry or any other OCI-compatible registry
* [**Kubernetes cluster scanning**](https://help.aikidogov.us/workflows-and-guides/additional-cloud-providers/scanning-stackit-with-aikido#kubernetes-cluster-scanning) for STACKIT Managed Kubernetes or self-managed clusters
* [**Kubernetes cluster image scanning**](https://help.aikidogov.us/workflows-and-guides/additional-cloud-providers/scanning-stackit-with-aikido#kubernetes-cluster-image-scanning) for STACKIT Managed Kubernetes or self-managed clusters
* [**Virtual machine scanning**](https://help.aikidogov.us/workflows-and-guides/additional-cloud-providers/scanning-stackit-with-aikido#virtual-machine-scanning) via the Local VM Scanner on STACKIT instances

## Features

### Container image scanning

STACKIT’s container registry and most third-party registries you use from STACKIT are OCI-compatible, so they can be scanned using Aikido.

Create a read-only or pull-only user in STACKIT registry: [https://docs.stackit.cloud/products/developer-platform/container-registry/getting-started/getting-started-with-container-registry/#log-in-to-the-container-registry](https://docs.stackit.cloud/products/developer-platform/container-registry/getting-started/getting-started-with-container-registry/#log-in-to-the-container-registry)

Follow the OCI guide below to configure container image scanning

{% content-ref url="../../container-image-scanning/standalone-registries/generic-oci-compatible-registry.md" %}
[generic-oci-compatible-registry.md](https://help.aikidogov.us/container-image-scanning/standalone-registries/generic-oci-compatible-registry)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### Kubernetes cluster scanning

If you use STACKIT Managed Kubernetes or run your own Kubernetes clusters on STACKIT VMs, you can connect them as generic Kubernetes clusters.

{% content-ref url="../../cloud-scanning/kubernetes-cluster-scanning/" %}
[kubernetes-cluster-scanning](https://help.aikidogov.us/cloud-scanning/kubernetes-cluster-scanning)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### Kubernetes cluster image scanning

If you use STACKIT Managed Kubernetes or run your own Kubernetes clusters on STACKIT VMs, you can scan the images of running containers with Kubernetes image scanning.

{% content-ref url="../../cloud-scanning/kubernetes-cluster-scanning/kubernetes-in-cluster-image-scanning.md" %}
[kubernetes-in-cluster-image-scanning.md](https://help.aikidogov.us/cloud-scanning/kubernetes-cluster-scanning/kubernetes-in-cluster-image-scanning)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### Virtual Machine scanning

To scan Virtual Machines on STACKIT, use the Local VM Scanner. It inspects packages, system dependencies and configuration directly on the instance.

{% content-ref url="../../virtual-machine-scanning/local-vm-scanning/" %}
[local-vm-scanning](https://help.aikidogov.us/virtual-machine-scanning/local-vm-scanning)
{% endcontent-ref %}

You can roll this out centrally using your usual automation tooling (e.g. Ansible, Terraform-provisioned scripts, or cloud-init) so that new STACKIT instances are automatically enrolled.