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DevOps & Automation · Advanced

Distroless Image

A minimal container image containing only the application and its runtime dependencies, without a shell or package manager.

Definition

Distroless and scratch-based images reduce attack surface and CVE count. Debugging requires ephemeral debug containers since no shell is present.

Example

FROM gcr.io/distroless/python3-debian12

Exam tip

Smaller base images = fewer vulnerabilities; know distroless, scratch, and alpine as minimal options.

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