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Using the minimal image

The minimal image variants of the octoprint/octoprint images behave like a more traditional docker image. This means there is no process supervisor, and there is only one process (octoprint). It has the following differences from the main image:

  • it does not contain mjpg-streamer
  • octoprint can't be restarted from within the container
  • it runs as a non-root user (you can thus use docker user features)

Who is it for, and why would you use it?

The minimal image is designed to fully embrace docker concepts, and is not intended for users who are not comfortable with docker.

This image allows decoupling hardware such as webcams, gpio, and usb devices, allowing it to be used in distributed or scaled architectures. This means you could run a container with a camera device in one container, and run octoprint in another container and even on a different piece of hardware.