Bret is joined by DockerSlim (now mintoolkit) founder Kyle Quest, to show off how to slim down your existing images with various options.
The slimming down includes distroless images like Chainguard Images and Nix. We also look at using the new "mint debug" feature to exec into existing images and containers on Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, and containerd. Kyle joined us for a two-hour livestream to discuss mint’s evolution.
Watch a video version on YouTube.
★Topics★
Mint repository in GitHub
Creators & Guests
- Cristi Cotovan - Editor
- Beth Fisher - Producer
- Bret Fisher - Host
- Kyle Quest (aka Q) - Guest
- (00:00) - Intro
- (02:26) - The Evolution of Docker Slim
- (04:43) - Docker Slim's First Feature
- (10:04) - Forcing Change is Not Always Possible
- (13:29) - Docker Slim Name Change to Mintoolkit
- (15:13) - Dive vs Mint
- (18:45) - Mint and the Problem with Container Debugging
- (28:25) - AI-Assisted Debugging
- (34:46) - Hands-On Debugging Examples
- (41:27) - Debugging a Podman Image
- (49:00) - Kubernetes Debugging Example
- (59:00) - What is KoolKits?
- (01:05:48) - Future Plans for Mintoolkit
- (01:06:44) - cdebug: Dedicated Debugging Tool for Containers
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