https://alexos.dev/tags/security/ Recent content in Security on alexos.dev Hugo en-gb Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:21:00 -0100 https://alexos.dev/2022/07/08/creating-an-up-to-date-distroless-python-image/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:21:00 -0100 https://alexos.dev/2022/07/08/creating-an-up-to-date-distroless-python-image/ <figure><img src="https://alexos.dev/images/distroless.jpg?width=1000px&amp;classes=shadow"><figcaption> <p> <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/MGRv3qZfyTs">Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash</a></p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>In this blog post I&rsquo;ll walk through the creation of a Python Docker image based on the Distroless container <a href="https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless">published by Google</a>, but with an up-to-date version of Python and operating system updates - unlike their <a href="https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless/tree/main/experimental/python3">experimental</a> (and unsupported) version. This image still has the same security and operational benefits - such as no shell or unnecessary OS libraries to reduce the security attack surface, and preserving the tiny image size.</p>