Hi Ismael, Would you happen to have any remaining concerns regarding the selection of the base Docker image? Alternatively, do you have any additional suggestions or insights?
Regards, Krishna On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 1:16 AM Krishna Agarwal < krishna0608agar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ismael, > > In my pursuit of a lightweight base image, I initially considered Alpine > and Distroless > > 1. The next best option I explored is the Ubuntu Docker image( > https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu/tags) which is a more complete image. > It has a size of 70MB compared to the 15MB of the Alpine image > (post-installation of glibc and bash), resulting in a difference of 55MB. > 2. To assess performance, I executed produce/consume performance > scripts on the Kafka native Docker image using both Alpine and Ubuntu, and > the results indicated comparable performance between the two. > > I wanted to check if there's any other image you'd like me to assess for > consideration. Your input would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Krishna > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 2:31 AM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> wrote: > >> Hi Krishna, >> >> I am still finding it difficult to evaluate this choice. A couple of >> things >> would help: >> >> 1. How much smaller is the alpine image compared to the best alternative? >> 2. Is there any performance impact of going with Alpine? >> >> Ismael >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 8:42 AM Krishna Agarwal < >> krishna0608agar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi Ismael, >> > Thanks for the feedback. >> > >> > The alpine image does present a few drawbacks, such as the use of musl >> libc >> > instead of glibc, the absence of bash, and reliance on the less popular >> > package manager "apk". Considering the advantage of a smaller image size >> > and installing the missing packages(glibc and bash), I have proposed the >> > alpine image as the base image. Let me know if you have any suggestions. >> > I have added a detailed section for the same in the KIP. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Krishna >> > >> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:08 PM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > One question I have is regarding the choice to use alpine - it would >> be >> > > good to clarify if there are downsides (the upside was explained - >> images >> > > are smaller). >> > > >> > > Ismael >> > > >> > > On Fri, Sep 8, 2023, 12:17 AM Krishna Agarwal < >> > > krishna0608agar...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > > Hi, >> > > > I want to submit a KIP to deliver an experimental Apache Kafka >> docker >> > > > image. >> > > > The proposed docker image can launch brokers with sub-second startup >> > time >> > > > and minimal memory footprint by leveraging a GraalVM based native >> Kafka >> > > > binary. >> > > > >> > > > KIP-974: Docker Image for GraalVM based Native Kafka Broker >> > > > < >> > > > >> > > >> > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-974%3A+Docker+Image+for+GraalVM+based+Native+Kafka+Broker >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > Regards, >> > > > Krishna >> > > > >> > > >> > >> >
