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Harden Docker Images for Production Deployment #97

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🐳 Docker Production Hardening

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Improve the Docker setup to follow production best practices for security, performance, and reliability.

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  • Implement multi-stage builds to reduce final image size
  • Run containers as non-root user
  • Add HEALTHCHECK instructions to Dockerfiles
  • Switch to slim base images (e.g., python:3.11-slim)
  • Optimize image layers for minimal size
  • Integrate image security scanning (e.g., Trivy) in CI pipeline
  • Document Docker best practices in the repo

Difficulty: 🔴 Hard

Labels: devops security production-ready SSoC26

Production-grade Docker hardening is a critical skill for modern backend development!

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Hard40 ptsSSoC26Social Summer of Code 2026 S5devopsDevOps relatedproduction-readyProduction readinesssecuritySecurity related

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