[Python] Use alpine on for containers : was it a good idea ?

[waghanza]

Hi @ahopkins,

Some wheels make troubles on alpine. Is this a good idea, in production to use alpine when using containers.

I've also found https://pythonspeed.com/articles/alpine-docker-python/

What do you think @the-benchmarker/web-frameworks ?

Regards,

[ahopkins]

I would say that the Python community seems to be moving away from Alpine. While I have used it in production in the past to run python apps, it seems to be falling out of favor. I say this having done no actual research on the topic, and take this from the small sample size of the people I interact with, and the general impression I have seen. Debian slim seems to be favored.

[dalisoft]

I used all variants on production and most performed well is ubuntu/debian full docker image. On slim/alpine version some functions like ffmpeg,tensorflow does not work properly or i am not able to-do properly

[waghanza]

The official documentation point slim variant https://docs.docker.com/language/python/build-images/

[RobertoPrevato]

I like Alpine, but I had often abandoned it due to compatibility issues, as already mentioned above. For example somebody asked why I used Ubuntu for my custom DevOps agents - good luck installing all build tools on Alpine (official agents from MS use Ubuntu and also GitHub Actions use the same)! I use slim when I need to deploy a Python application in Docker.