README.md

# distroless/static

## Image Contents

This image contains a minimal Linux, glibc-based system. It is intended for use directly by "mostly-statically compiled" languages like Go, Rust or D.

Statically compiled applications (Go) that do not require libc can use the `distroless/static` image, which contains:

* ca-certificates
* A /etc/passwd entry for a root user
* A /tmp directory
* tzdata

Most other applications (and Go apps that require libc/cgo) should start with [distroless/base](https://repo1.dsop.io/dsop/google/distroless/base), which contains all
of the packages in `distroless/static`, and 

* glibc
* libssl
* openssl

## Usage

Users are expected to include their compiled application and set the correct cmd in their image.

## Documentation

To learn more about Distroless go to the complete [documentation](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless).