How to create distroless container using buildah.sh

Shruthi P

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Nov 5, 2020, 2:30:13 AM11/5/20

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Hi ,

Can u please guide how to create distroless container using buildah.sh

Chanseok Oh

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Nov 5, 2020, 9:57:42 AM11/5/20

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Hi,

(I'll assume that you want to build the exact same Distroless images already published at gcr.io/distroless/..., not that you want to build your own images that are using Distroless as a base image.)

Distroless images are being built in a declarative manner, and there is no Docker runtime involved or being used at image-building time. For example, if you are using `Dockerfile`, then it means you actually execute things on a Docker runtime while building an image. That is, it's like running a script in an imperative manner. Instead, Distroless images are directly assembled, much like just bundling existing files to create tar archives. So, yeah, it's not that you can use BuildAh or Docker to build Distroless images.

Andrew Latham

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Nov 5, 2020, 10:44:10 AM11/5/20

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Check for buildah to import tar files and you can build from a tar file base.

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