{"id":349056,"date":"2021-10-06T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T11:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T11:33:16","slug":"how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Create Your Own Docker Base Images From \u201cScratch\u201d \u2013 CloudSavvy IT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34c58873d96\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34c58873d96\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/#Whats_An_Image\" >What\u2019s An Image?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/#The_%E2%80%9Cscratch%E2%80%9D_Image\" >The \u201cscratch\u201d Image<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/#What_Is_%E2%80%9Cscratch%E2%80%9D\" >What Is \u201cscratch\u201d?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/#What_Can_Be_Added_to_scratch-Based_Images\" >What Can Be Added to scratch-Based Images?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/#When_to_Use_Scratch\" >When to Use Scratch?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-create-your-own-docker-base-images-from-scratch-cloudsavvy-it\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#How to Create Your Own Docker Base Images From \u201cScratch\u201d \u2013 CloudSavvy IT&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage aligncenter size-full wp-image-14169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/09\/993634a1.png?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/09\/993634a1.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/09\/993634a1.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Docker images are created from a <code>Dockerfile<\/code> that defines a base image and a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of instructions that add your own filesystem layers. What h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens if you want to make your <em>own<\/em> \u201cbase image\u201d though? Here\u2019s how to start from scratch and create a complete container filesystem from the ground up.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"whats-an-image\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_An_Image\"><\/span>What\u2019s An Image?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Docker images <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly use a popular Linux distribution as their base image. If you\u2019ve written <code>FROM ubuntu:latest<\/code>, <code>FROM debian:latest<\/code> or <code>FROM alpine:latest<\/code>, you\u2019ve used an operating system as your base. You could also be using an image that\u2019s preconfigured for a particular programming language or framework, such as <code>FROM php:8.0<\/code> or <code>FROM node:16<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>All of these images provide a useful starting point for your applications. They come with common Unix utilities and key software packages. This all increases the size of your final image though. A truly minimal image should be built by constructing your own filesystem from first principles.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-scratch-image\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_%E2%80%9Cscratch%E2%80%9D_Image\"><\/span>The \u201cscratch\u201d Image<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Docker provides a special base image that indicates you want to control the first filesystem layer. This is the lower-most layer of your image, usually defined by the base image indicated by your <code>FROM<\/code> instruction.<\/p>\n<p>When you want to create an image \u201cfrom scratch,\u201d writing <code>FROM scratch<\/code> in your Dockerfile is the way to go about it! This gives you a filesystem that\u2019s a blank slate to begin with.<\/p>\n<pre>FROM scratch<\/pre>\n<p>You should then use the rest of your Dockerfile as usual to populate the container\u2019s filesystem with the binaries and libraries you need.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-scratch\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_%E2%80%9Cscratch%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>What Is \u201cscratch\u201d?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <code>scratch<\/code> \u201cimage\u201d looks and feels like a regular Docker image. It\u2019s even <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hub.docker.com\/_\/scratch\">listed in Docker Hub<\/a>. <code>scratch<\/code> isn\u2019t actually an image though \u2013 it\u2019s a reserved keyword that denotes the lowest filesystem layer of a functioning image. All Docker images sit atop <code>scratch<\/code> as their common foundation.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t <code>docker pull scratch<\/code> and it\u2019s not possible to run containers using it. It represents an empty image layer so there\u2019s nothing for Docker to run. Images cannot be tagged as <code>scratch<\/code> either due to its reserved nature.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-can-be-added-to-scratch-based-images\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Can_Be_Added_to_scratch-Based_Images\"><\/span>What Can Be Added to scratch-Based Images?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You don\u2019t need very much to build a functioning image atop <code>scratch<\/code>. All you need to add is a statically compiled Linux binary that you can use as your image\u2019s command.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a working demo that runs a tiny \u201chello world\u201d program compiled from C:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-geshi-highlight-wrap5\">\n<div class=\"wp-geshi-highlight-wrap4\">\n<div class=\"wp-geshi-highlight-wrap3\">\n<div class=\"wp-geshi-highlight-wrap2\">\n<div class=\"wp-geshi-highlight-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-geshi-highlight\">\n<div class=\"c\">\n<pre class=\"de1\"><span class=\"co2\">#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span>\n\u00a0\n<span class=\"kw4\">int<\/span> main<span class=\"br0\">(<\/span><span class=\"br0\">)<\/span> <span class=\"br0\">{<\/span>\n    <span class=\"kw3\">printf<\/span><span class=\"br0\">(<\/span><span class=\"st0\">\"Hello World\"<\/span><span class=\"br0\">)<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">;<\/span>\n    <span class=\"kw1\">return<\/span> <span class=\"nu0\">0<\/span><span class=\"sy0\">;<\/span>\n<span class=\"br0\">}<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Compile your C-code to a binary:<\/p>\n<pre>gcc -o helloworld hello.c<\/pre>\n<p>Run your binary and observe that \u201chello world\u201d is printed to your terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>.\/helloworld<\/pre>\n<p>Now you can create a scratch-based Docker container that runs your binary:<\/p>\n<pre>FROM scratch&#13;\nCOPY helloworld \/&#13;\nCMD [\"helloworld\"]<\/pre>\n<p>Build your image:<\/p>\n<pre>docker build -t hello:latest .<\/pre>\n<p>Inspecting the image with <code>docker inspect<\/code> will show that it has a single layer. This image\u2019s filesystem contains just one file, the <code>helloworld<\/code> binary.<\/p>\n<p>Now run a container using your image:<\/p>\n<pre>docker run hello:latest<\/pre>\n<p>You\u2019ll see \u201chello world\u201d in your terminal as your compiled binary is executed. Your scratch-based image solely contains your binary so it will be just a few KBs in size. Using any operating system base image would raise that to multiple megabytes, even with a minimal distribution like Alpine.<\/p>\n<p>Virtually all images will have some dependencies beyond a simple static binary. You\u2019ll need to add these to your image as part of your Dockerfile. Remember that none of the tools you take for granted in standard Linux distributions will be available until you manually add them to the image\u2019s filesystem.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"when-to-use-scratch\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_Use_Scratch\"><\/span>When to Use Scratch?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The decision to start from <code>scratch<\/code> should be based on your application\u2019s dependencies and your objectives around image portability. Images built from <code>scratch<\/code> are most suited to hosting statically compiled binaries where image size and build times matter.<\/p>\n<p><code>scratch<\/code> provides you with a clean slate to work from so it requires some initial investment to correctly write your <code>Dockerfile<\/code> and maintain it over time. Some Docker commands like <code>attach<\/code> won\u2019t work by default as there\u2019ll be no shell inside your container unless you add one.<\/p>\n<p>Using <code>scratch<\/code> could be more trouble than it\u2019s worth when you\u2019re using interpreted languages with heavy environmental dependencies. You\u2019ll need to continually update your base image to reference the latest versions of those packages. It\u2019s usually more convenient and maintainable to use a minimal flavor of an existing Docker Hub base image.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"summary\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span>Summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><code>FROM scratch<\/code> in a Dockerfile indicates you want to start from an empty filesystem where you\u2019re in control of every layer that\u2019s added. It facilitates highly streamlined images purged of everything except the dependencies your application needs.<\/p>\n<p>Most developers are unlikely to use <code>scratch<\/code> directly as it\u2019s unsuitable for the majority of container use cases. You might choose to use it if you want to containerize self-contained static binaries with few environmental requirements.<\/p>\n<p><code>scratch<\/code> also functions as a clear indicator of the difference between \u201ccontainers\u201d and VMs. An image containing just one executable file is a usable Docker container as the process is run on your host\u2019s kernel. A regular VM needs to start up independently of its host so it must include a full operating system kernel within its image.\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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