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There is multi stage build in which the build time and run time dependencies are separated.
For example JDK is required to build java app but JDK is not required in final image to be run.
FROM maven AS build
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN mvn package
FROM tomcat
COPY --from=build /app/target/file.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps We copy only executable files from build stage that has to run thereby reducing the docker image size.
Hello to all the readers! Docker image is built in layers. Each instruction that is written in Dockerfile translates into an image layer by the builder. When the image is re-built, builder will re-use layers from earlier builds. If any layer is unchanged, then that layer is picked up from the build cache. However, if…
Hello to all the readers! While I was learning Docker, I could see that in most of the places, alpine image of Node.js or Golang is used. Therefore, I went and studied what is an alpine image. The alpine docker image is based on Alpine linux. It is a very small, minimal image with complete…
Hello to all the readers! I am writing down about my learnings on docker. I have learnt docker in the past and used it but never thought to document my learning. I think it is very good to document our own learning of a subject that helps me and maybe you to understand it in…
Hello to all the readers! I have setup multi container applications separate using docker run commands. But docker offers a nice way to setup multi container apps using Docker compose. Here we define each service in a docker-compose.yml file and then a single command spins up everything for us. The docker-compose.yml for mysql and app…
A warm Hello to all the readers! This is yet another article to understand a new concept of Docker. There is a special file called as Dockerfile. What is Dockerfile? Dockerfile is a file that contains instructions to build an image. Instructions are a series of commands that you will otherwise run in running container…
Hello to all the readers! In this post I will be creating a docker image out of the simple tutorial posted on Docker’s documentation. Let us begin with the steps. Clone the repository Create Dockerfile. Dockerfile is a set of instructions to build the docker image. Next is to build the image. This builds the…