Docket Notes - Image Sizes

Docker: Reduce the size of a container

using https://alpinelinux.org can reduce the size and deployment time of a container by up to 40%

Install minimum packages

Reducing Docker Image size

• Bulkier images take time to get pulled.
• Increased time to spin up a container using it.
• Include a .dockerignore file.
• Reduce unnecessary dependencies.
• multistage build pattern. Made a binary on the build stage and used it to run the container.

.dockerignore

docker-squash

• Squashing helps with organizing images in logical layers. Instead of having an image with multiple (in almost all cases) unnecessary layers - we can control the structure of the image.

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