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Discussion on: How to Reduce Docker Image Size: Best Practices and Tips for DevOps Engineers

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Kyle Quest • Edited

There's also DockerSlim (aka MinToolkit , aka SlimToolkit), which automatically shrinks container images for you. The most basic way to use is "mint slim nginx:latest" where "nginx:latest" is the container image you want to shrink.

Lots of examples here: github.com/mintoolkit/examples Take a look at the 3rdparty directory there... It has a lot more examples including FastAPI examples and Spring and Micronaut examples.

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Thank you for sharing this! πŸ™Œ @kcq
DockerSlim (MinToolkit/SlimToolkit) is indeed an excellent tool for automatically shrinking container images, and I appreciate you mentioning it! It's a great addition for those looking to automate and further optimize their images without manual intervention. I'll definitely take a look at the examples in the repository you sharedβ€”it's especially useful to see examples for FastAPI, Spring, and Micronaut.

I'll consider adding a section in the article to highlight DockerSlim as another powerful optimization tool. Thanks again for contributing such valuable information! πŸš€