BuildKit: Docker's General-Purpose Build Framework for Creating Any Artifact
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jasonpeacock
3mo ago· 6 min readen
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Summary
BuildKit is Docker's powerful build engine that most users interact with daily through docker build commands, but it's actually a general-purpose build framework capable of producing any artifact, not just container images. The article explains BuildKit's programmable architecture and demonstrates how it can be used to build Alpine APK packages, showcasing its versatility beyond traditional Docker image building.
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But reducing BuildKit to 'the thing that builds Dockerfiles' is like calling...
BuildKit is a general-purpose build framework with a programmable architecture that can produce any artifact, not just container images.
Here's how it works and how I used it to build Alpine APK packages.
Most people know BuildKit as the thing that makes docker build fast. But BuildKit is a general-purpose build framework with a programmable architecture that can produce any artifact, not just container images. Here's how it works and how I used it to buil
