Using AZUL 7 instead of OpenJDK Java for smaller Docker images
Using AZUL 7 instead of OpenJDK Java for smaller Docker images Witness a tale of two Dockerfiles that perform the same task. See the size difference. Imagine how it might change infrastructure costs. DOCKERFILE ONE FROM debian:wheezy RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y openjdk-7-jre && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ADD target/si-standalone-sample-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar / ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64 ENV CLASSPATH si-standalone-sample-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar CMD [ "java", "org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher" ] DOCKERFILE TWO FROM debian:wheezy RUN apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 0x219BD9C9 && echo "deb http://repos.azulsystems.com/ubuntu precise main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zulu.list && apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qqy install zulu-7 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ADD target/si-standalone-sample-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar / ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib...