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Multi-stage Builds: Practice

Convert a monolithic Dockerfile to multi-stage and measure the size reduction

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Practical (Terminal)

Difficulty

Intermediate

Duration

25 min

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Practice in a real Docker environment directly in your browser

Terminal

root@instance01:/# docker ps

CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES

root@instance01:/# docker swarm init

Swarm initialized: current node is now a manager.

root@instance01:/# docker node ls

ID HOSTNAME STATUS AVAILABILITY MANAGER STATUS

abc123 * instance01 Ready Active Leader

root@instance01:/# _

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