Optimizing Docker images

Microsoft provides different Docker images to run ASP.NET Core, and, in general, .NET Core applications using Docker. It is essential to understand that a container that executes an ASP.NET Core service doesn't need to provide the SDK as well.

This section presents an overview of the different Docker images available on Docker Hub and how to optimize our deployment using proper Docker images.

An overview of different Docker images

Microsoft provides various images, depending on what it is you're trying to achieve with your application. Let's take a look at the different Docker images supplied in the microsoft/dotnet repository in Docker Hub (https://hub.docker.com/u/microsoft/):

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