Migrating to the :stable image

If you are using the :latest, :alpine, :emulators, :latest, :slim and :debian_component_based Docker images, we recommend that you migrate to debian based :stable image for a smaller image size and improved security fixes. To transition to using the :stable image you can extend the :stable Docker image to the debian based image you are using.

In some cases (i.e.- installing older incompatible dependencies like python2 or older jdks etc), extending the :stable image is not always feasible. In which case you may have to build your own Dockerfile.

Extending the :stable Docker image

You can use the :stable Docker image as a base image and install additional components and apt packages to extend it into the other debian based Docker images (i.e.- :latest, :emulators, and :slim). To extend the :stable Docker image, we can do one of the following:

Extending the :stable base image by customizing at runtime

You can extend the :stable Docker image to use as the :latest, :emulators or :slim image by customizing it at runtime.

Run the following docker run command to extend the :stable Docker image into the :latest Docker image at run time:

# Running as latest
$ docker run -e APT_PACKAGES='curl python3-crcmod apt-transport-https lsb-release openssh-client git make gnupg' \
-e COMPONENTS='google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator google-cloud-cli-cbt google-cloud-cli-kpt google-cloud-cli-local-extract google-cloud-cli-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin kubectl' \
gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable gcloud version

# For iterative run
$ docker run -e APT_PACKAGES='curl python3-crcmod apt-transport-https lsb-release openssh-client git make gnupg' \
-e COMPONENTS='google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator google-cloud-cli-cbt google-cloud-cli-kpt google-cloud-cli-local-extract google-cloud-cli-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin kubectl' \
-it gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable bash

You can run the following command to extend the :stable Docker image into the :emulators Docker image at runtime:

# Running as emulators
$ docker run -e APT_PACKAGES='curl python3-crcmod lsb-release gnupg bash' \
-e COMPONENTS='google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator' \
gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable gcloud version

# For iterative run
$ docker run -e APT_PACKAGES='curl python3-crcmod lsb-release gnupg bash' \
-e COMPONENTS='google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator' \
-it gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable bash

You can extend the :stable Docker image as the :slim Docker image by running the following docker run command:

# Running as slim
$ docker run -e APT_PACKAGES='curl gcc python3-crcmod python3-pip apt-transport-https lsb-release openssh-client git gnupg' \
gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable gcloud version

# For iterative run
$ docker run -e APT_PACKAGES='curl gcc python3-crcmod python3-pip apt-transport-https lsb-release openssh-client git gnupg' \
-it gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable bash

Extending the :stable base image by building your own Dockerfile

You can extend the :stable Docker image by creating your own Dockerfile with :stable image as the base image and then build the docker image with docker build command.

To convert the :stable image into the :latest image, do the following:

  1. Create your own Dockerfile from :stable by installing the required components and packages:

    FROM docker:27.1.1 as static-docker-source

FROM gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable
COPY --from=static-docker-source /usr/local/bin/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
COPY --from=static-docker-source /usr/local/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx /usr/local/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx

RUN apt-get update -qqy && apt-get -qqy upgrade && apt-get install -qqy \
      curl \
      python3-crcmod \
      apt-transport-https \
      lsb-release \
      openssh-client \
      git \
      make \
      gnupg && \
   export CLOUD_SDK_REPO="cloud-sdk-$(lsb_release -c -s)" && \
   export CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=$(gcloud version | grep "Google Cloud SDK" | grep -oE '[^ ]+$') && \
   echo "deb https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt $CLOUD_SDK_REPO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list && \
   curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key add - && \
   apt-get update && \
   apt-get install -y google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-cbt=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-kpt=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-local-extract=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      kubectl

  2. Build the Dockerfile to get your own :latest Docker image:

    $ docker build -t my-cloud-sdk-docker:latest .

To convert the :stable image into the :emulators image, do the following:

  1. Create the Dockerfile with required components and packages as:

    FROM gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable

RUN apt-get update -qqy && apt-get -qqy upgrade && apt-get install -qqy \
      curl \
      python3-crcmod \
      lsb-release \
      gnupg \
      bash && \
   export CLOUD_SDK_REPO="cloud-sdk-$(lsb_release -c -s)" && \
   export CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=$(gcloud version | grep "Google Cloud SDK" | grep -oE '[^ ]+$') && \
   echo "deb https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt $CLOUD_SDK_REPO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list && \
   curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key add - && \
   apt-get update && \
   apt-get install -y google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0 \
      google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator=${CLOUD_SDK_VERSION}-0

  2. Build the Dockerfile by running the command:

    $ docker build -t my-cloud-sdk-docker:emulators .

To convert the :stable image into the :slim image, do the following:

  1. Create a Dockerfile using :stable as base image:

    FROM docker:27.1.1 as static-docker-source

FROM gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/google-cloud-cli:stable
COPY --from=static-docker-source /usr/local/bin/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
COPY --from=static-docker-source /usr/local/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx /usr/local/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx

RUN apt-get update -qqy && apt-get -qqy upgrade && apt-get install -qqy \
      curl \
      python3-crcmod \
      apt-transport-https \
      lsb-release \
      openssh-client \
      git \
      make \
      gnupg

  2. Build the Dockerfile by running the following command:

    $ docker build -t my-cloud-sdk-docker:slim .