Which Docker base image should you use?
Docker best practice:
Use smaller base images for your application. *-slim is usually a good choice.
- faster building
- faster pushing
- faster pulling
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE python 3.9.6-alpine3.14 f773016f760e 3 days ago 45.1MB python 3.9.6-slim 907fc13ca8e7 3 days ago 115MB python 3.9.6-slim-buster 907fc13ca8e7 3 days ago 115MB python 3.9.6 cba42c28d9b8 3 days ago 886MB python 3.9.6-buster cba42c28d9b8 3 days ago 886MB 5:17