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Optimize Docker Size Image with Python Environment

Building Docker image with Python can be well quite heavy.

For a multistage build for example, instead of building wheels at each, you can specify a path for the python environment once it's initialized at the first stage of the build.

ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
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Make sure you have created the virtual environment tho.👀

RUN python -m venv /opt/venv
ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
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Here's an example with two steps:

# first stage
FROM python:3.10-slim as builder

WORKDIR /app

ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1

RUN pip install virtualenv

RUN virtualenv /opt/venv
ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"

COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

# another stage
FROM python:3.10-slim

COPY --from=builder /opt/venv /opt/venv

WORKDIR /app

ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
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Summary

In conclusion, here are the steps again 🚀:

  • Create the virtual environment in the builder image
  • Copy the virtual environment to the final image

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Top comments (3)

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Sm0ke

Nicee ...

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Mangabo Kolawole

🚀

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Shy Ruparel

What's the size difference between doing it one way vs another? Would love a comparison screenshot if you've got one.