#323: Best practices for Docker in production

Talk Python To Me

Episode | Podcast

Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0800

You've got your Python API or app running in a Docker container. Great! Are you ready to ship it to that hosted cluster service and head off to production? Not so fast. Have you considered how you'll manage evolving dependencies and addressing security updates over time? Not just for the base OS but for installed packages? How about your pip installed dependencies? Are you running as root? If you don't know, the answer is yes.