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To deploy to Cloud Run, you need to provide a container image.
A container image is a packaging format that includes your code, its
packages, any needed binary dependencies, the operating system to use, and
anything else needed to run your service.
Dockerfile
A file named Dockerfile is
commonly used to declare how to build the container image. You can find examples
of Dockerfiles for popular languages in the
build and deploy quickstart.
Dockerfiles very often start from a base image (e.g. FROM golang:1.11).
You can find base images maintained by OS and language authors on
Docker Hub.
Cloud Build checks for cached images
before pulling from Docker Hub. If you use a third-party build tool, you can
configure your Docker daemon to check for images in the same cache. You can also
find base images managed by Google in the
Google Cloud Marketplace.
If you bring your own binaries, make sure they are compiled for Linux ABI
x86_64.
These resources provide further information on Dockerfiles:
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