Stacks

In the Getting Started tutorial, you used the Paketo builder to build a Node.js app. One of the core pieces to Buildpacks and Builders are Stack Images. Stacks provide the buildpack lifecycle with build-time and run-time environments in the form of images.

What is a stack?

A stack consists of two images:

• build image: the environment in which your app is built
• run image: the OS layer for your app image

For more information about stacks, see buildpacks.io.

What Paketo stacks are available?

The Paketo project releases several stacks. These are:

Tiny

Build Image

index.docker.io/paketobuildpacks/build:tiny-cnb
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Run Images

index.docker.io/paketobuildpacks/run:tiny-cnb
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gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/run:tiny-cnb
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Contains:

• Build: ubuntu:bionic + openssl + CA certs + compilers + shell utilities
• Run: distroless-like bionic + glibc + openssl + CA certs

Base

Build Image

index.docker.io/paketobuildpacks/build:base-cnb
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Run Images

index.docker.io/paketobuildpacks/run:base-cnb
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gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/run:base-cnb
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Contains:

• Build: ubuntu:bionic + openssl + CA certs + compilers + shell utilities
• Run: ubuntu:bionic + openssl + CA certs

Full

Build Image

index.docker.io/paketobuildpacks/build:full-cnb
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Run Images

index.docker.io/paketobuildpacks/run:full-cnb
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gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/run:full-cnb
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Contains:

• Build: ubuntu:bionic + many common C libraries and utilities
• Run: ubuntu:bionic + many common libraries and utilities

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