ClamAV scanning Docker container based on Alpine

This container allows you a very simple way to scan a mounted directory using clamscan.

It will always update the ClamAV Database, by using the standard freshclam before running clamscan. If the local ClamAV Database is up-to-date, it will check and continue.

How-To

Build (on Unraid)

docker build . -t my-clamav

Run (as a daemon on Unraid)

docker run -d --name=AClamAV -v /mnt/user:/scan:ro -v /mnt/user/appdata/clamav:/var/lib/clamav:rw my-clama
v:latest -i --log=/var/lib/clamav/log.log --max-filesize=2048M

Usage

Using this image is fairly straightforward.

Pay attention to -v /path/to/scan as this is the mounted directory that this docker image will scan.

docker run -it \
  -v /path/to/scan:/scan:ro \
  tquinnelly/clamav-alpine -i

Use -d instead of -it if you want to detach and move along.

Post-Args

I took the liberty to include -i by default. You can, however, add any you desire.

-i - Only print infected files
--log=FILE - save scan report to FILE
--database=FILE/DIR - load virus database from FILE or load all supported db files from DIR
--official-db-only[=yes/no(*)] - only load official signatures
--max-filesize=#n - files larger than this will be skipped and assumed clean
--max-scansize=#n - the maximum amount of data to scan for each container file
--leave-temps[=yes/no(*)]- do not remove temporary files
--file-list=FILE - scan files from FILE
--quiet - only output error messages
--bell - sound bell on virus detection
--cross-fs[=yes(*)/no] - scan files and directories on other filesystems
--move=DIRECTORY - move infected files into DIRECTORY
--copy=DIRECTORY - copy infected files into DIRECTORY
--bytecode-timeout=N - set bytecode timeout (in milliseconds)
--heuristic-alerts[=yes(*)/no] - toggles heuristic alerts
--alert-encrypted[=yes/no(*)] - alert on encrypted archives and documents
--nocerts - disable authenticode certificate chain verification in PE files
--disable-cache - disable caching and cache checks for hash sums of scanned files

Volumes

I only have the /scan directory noted above. You can add others in conjunction with the post-args as well.

Save AV Signatures

-v /path/to/sig:/var/lib/clamav

Infected Dir

-v /path/to/infected:/infected
Then you can use either the --move or --copy post-arg above.

Examples

Here are some examples of various configurations.

This is the one I run. I target 2 cores of my CPU as to not cripple my host. I also log to the DB directory and limit 2G file size scan.

docker run -d --name=ClamAV \
  --cpuset-cpus='0,1' \
  -v /path/to/scan:/scan:ro \
  -v /path/to/sig:/var/lib/clamav:rw \
  tquinnelly/clamav-alpine -i --log=/var/lib/clamav/log.log --max-filesize=2048M

Expected Output

# docker run -it -v /path:/scan:ro tquinnelly/clamav-alpine -i

2022-07-10T13:05:10+00:00 ClamAV process starting

Updating ClamAV scan DB
ClamAV update process started at Sun Jul 10 13:05:10 2022
daily database available for download (remote version: 26597)
Testing database: '/var/lib/clamav/tmp.c94c177031/clamav-5960cb40f091d042fdbe87b6656dc482.tmp-daily.cvd' ...
Database test passed.
daily.cvd updated (version: 26597, sigs: 1989376, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
main database available for download (remote version: 62)
Testing database: '/var/lib/clamav/tmp.c94c177031/clamav-f97772d5bbd6c13c61c4ea14c3ebeb86.tmp-main.cvd' ...
Database test passed.
main.cvd updated (version: 62, sigs: 6647427, f-level: 90, builder: sigmgr)
bytecode database available for download (remote version: 333)
Testing database: '/var/lib/clamav/tmp.c94c177031/clamav-5ce3fe7b3dd82e9d6f61c4d68dde2ab0.tmp-bytecode.cvd' ...
Database test passed.
bytecode.cvd updated (version: 333, sigs: 92, f-level: 63, builder: awillia2)

Freshclam updated the DB

ClamAV 0.104.3/26597/Sun Jul 10 07:56:43 2022

Scanning /scan

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 8621438
Engine version: 0.104.3
Scanned directories: 3171
Scanned files: 16683
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 3131.81 MB
Data read: 3120.78 MB (ratio 1.00:1)
Time: 375.514 sec (6 m 15 s)
Start Date: 2022:07:10 13:05:53
End Date:   2022:07:10 13:12:08

2022-07-10T13:12:08+00:00 ClamAV scanning finished