Dockerfile

# Taken from https://github.com/chemidy/smallest-secured-golang-docker-image

FROM golang:alpine as builder

# Install git + SSL ca certificates.
# Git is required for fetching the dependencies.
# Ca-certificates is required to call HTTPS endpoints.
RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache git ca-certificates tzdata && update-ca-certificates

# Create appuser
ENV USER=appuser
ENV UID=10001

# See https://stackoverflow.com/a/55757473/12429735
RUN adduser \
    --disabled-password \
    --gecos "" \
    --home "/nonexistent" \
    --shell "/sbin/nologin" \
    --no-create-home \
    --uid "${UID}" \
    "${USER}"
WORKDIR $GOPATH/src/mypackage/myapp/
COPY . .

# Fetch dependencies.
RUN go get -d -v

# Build the binary
RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build \
      -ldflags='-w -s -extldflags "-static"' -a \
      -o /go/bin/hivelime .

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# STEP 2 build a small image
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FROM scratch

# Import from builder.
COPY --from=builder /usr/share/zoneinfo /usr/share/zoneinfo
COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/
COPY --from=builder /etc/passwd /etc/passwd
COPY --from=builder /etc/group /etc/group

# Copy our static executable
COPY --from=builder /go/bin/hivelime /go/bin/hivelime

# Use an unprivileged user.
USER appuser:appuser
WORKDIR /go/bin/
# Run the hivelime binary.
ENTRYPOINT ["/go/bin/hivelime"]