One of the hot topics in cloud-native applications is which Base image to use. In this article, I will try to explain the advantages and disadvantages of using Alpine base image.

Size

If you consider the size of a container, you should use the Alpine base image because Alpine is the winner in the size of the containers without a competitor.

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| REPOSITORY |     TAG     |   IMAGE ID   |   CREATED   | SIZE   |
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| alpine     | latest…