What's the process? I found grub2 and fedora-logos in my own testing but didn't know about firewalld? Does one simply remove things and run a test suite? *Is* there a test suite? How about dracut? Does that need to be there? On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 7:18 AM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:36:04PM -0800, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: >> I'm starting to build Docker images on the Fedora base and I'm a >> little concerned about the size of the images. For example, the Debian >> base is 85.1 MB, the Ubuntu base is 192 MB and the CentOS base is 224 >> MB. The Fedora base is 250.2 MB and that's *before* I install any >> application code. >> Is there any way I can build a smaller base? Ideally I'd like >> something under 100 MB but even getting it under 200 MB would be >> worthwhile. > > Yeah it seems to have crept up a bit. The image went from this Cloud > SIG over to the Base WG (since there's so much interest in Docker), but > I think we still have a vested interest in keeping it small. In > general, much of the regular dependency-shrinking work we've been doing > should help here. > > Unfortunately, the easy work is mostly done, as is some of the > moderately hard. The next most helpful thing is probably making a > compact version of python sufficient for yum, cloud-init, grubby (new > version), and _possibly_ firewalld. As it is, it's about a third > > Oh hmmm. I see that grub2 got into the docker image somehow. That > should probaby be fixed, and provides a big savings even in the > compressed version because that's the only thing that pulls in > fedora-logos. > > Hmmm. Firewalld too. That really doesn't need to be there, does it? > > > That said, the docker image we're producing *is* only 90MB compressed — > see > <https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Docker/x86_64/> > — and 241MB uncompressed. Something _additionally_ weird is going on. > > > > Are you interested in taking point on this for Fedora 22? Or finding a > handful of people who are interested in working with the Base WG to > figure it out? > > > > > > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Fedora Project Leader > _______________________________________________ > cloud mailing list > cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- OSJourno: Robust Power Tools for Digital Journalists http://www.znmeb.mobi/stories/osjourno-robust-power-tools-for-digital-journalists Remember, if you're traveling to Bactria, Hump Day is Tuesday and Thursday. _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
