

build a JAR (with a build tool such as Maven or Gradle).To build a Docker image of a Java application, we need to In this post, we’ll examine some of the practices that can improve and enhance building the Docker images for Java applications that are packaged as JARs. With the rise of the container-first Java frameworks ( Micronaut, Quarkus, etc) and the JVM itself evolving to work smoothly with containers, there’s been never a better time to embrace Java in a continuous cloud-native workflow.


Reduce the security footprint with a non-privileged user.Use a JRE-based image to provide the runtime.
