distroless-containers
Safeguard articles tagged "distroless-containers" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
4 articles
Minimal Base Images for Security: A Practical Guide
Minimal base images cut CVE counts by up to 95% by shipping only what your app needs. Here is how to choose between distroless, Wolfi, Alpine, and scratch — and build on each safely.
Reducing the Attack Surface of Your Docker Images
Every binary, library, and shell in a Docker image is attack surface. Here is how to strip an image down to the bytes your app actually needs — and cut your CVE count by up to 95%.
How to Containerize a Node.js App Securely
The default Node.js Dockerfile runs as root, ships dev dependencies, and bakes secrets into layers. Here is a secure, multi-stage build you can copy, step by step.
Distroless container images explained
Distroless images cut container size by up to 90% and eliminate OS-level CVEs, but they don't secure app dependencies. Here's how they work and where they fall short.