Docker Tip #6 - Create a base Alpine GlibC image

As I like to be able to run the Oracle JDK/JRE inside a Docker container, and I also want to make the image as small as possible I need Alpine Linux to support GLibC. The following Dockerfile adds GlibC support to Alpine Linux 3.4

FROM alpine:3.4

RUN ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL="https://github.com/sgerrand/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download" && \
    ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION="2.23-r3" && \
    ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME="glibc-$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION.apk" && \
    ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME="glibc-bin-$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION.apk" && \
    ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME="glibc-i18n-$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION.apk" && \
    apk add --no-cache --virtual=.build-dependencies wget ca-certificates && \
    wget \
        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andyshinn/alpine-pkg-glibc/master/sgerrand.rsa.pub" \
        -O "/etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub" && \
    wget \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL/$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION/$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL/$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION/$ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_URL/$ALPINE_GLIBC_PACKAGE_VERSION/$ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME" && \
    apk add --no-cache \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME" && \
    \
    rm "/etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub" && \
    /usr/glibc-compat/bin/localedef --force --inputfile POSIX --charmap UTF-8 C.UTF-8 || true && \
    echo "export LANG=C.UTF-8" > /etc/profile.d/locale.sh && \
    \
    apk del glibc-i18n && \
    \
    rm "/root/.wget-hsts" && \
    apk del .build-dependencies && \
    rm \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BASE_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_BIN_PACKAGE_FILENAME" \
        "$ALPINE_GLIBC_I18N_PACKAGE_FILENAME"

ENV LANG=C.UTF-8        
        

Posted August 30, 2016

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