Reduce docker image size with alpine
Creating scripts are easy. But creating a small docker image is not 😅. Not all Linux flavors are created equal, some are bigger than others, etc. But this difference is very crucial when it comes to reducing docker image size. A simple bash script docker image Given a Dockerfile (change apk to apt for ubuntu): FROM alpine:3 WORKDIR /app RUN apk update && apk add jq curl COPY water-cut-notify.sh ./ ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "/app/water-cut-notify.sh"] Base image Docker image size alpine 11.1MB ubuntu 122MB Ubuntu image size is 1099% larger!!!!!! ...